(St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota lawmakers are at odds over whether to roll back or revise some laws passed by Democrats two years ago.
Republican legislators are pushing to repeal laws providing summer unemployment insurance to hourly school workers and health care to undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, Democrats are defending the programs they created when the state had a huge budget surplus in 2023. In the DFL-controlled Senate, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing changes to Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave and earned sick and safe time laws.
Legislators face a May 19th adjournment deadline to get their work done.
