MinnPost reports…

The press release all Minnesota Capitol reporters, state workers and others have been waiting for arrived Friday afternoon: Gov. Tim Walz has called  a special session of the Legislature for Monday and outlined  the agreements that would govern what will be discussed and how.

This ambitious one-day special session aims to tackle a mountain of work that lawmakers left unfinished when the Legislature ended its regular session on May 19 without completing numerous budget bills that must be passed to avoid a state government shutdown.

I’ve put together some key takeaways from the documents, a House leadership press conference Friday afternoon, and other reporting.

Lawmakers failed to reach agreement on 14 bills before their May 19 deadline, and those will be on the special session agenda. After the regular session working groups continued discussing language, though in a less-public way, for budget bills that still needed passage. Speaking to the press Friday afternoon, the DFL and Republican leaders of the tied House said all but three of the bills have already been drafted.

Lawmakers already passed bills on agriculture and rural broadband, housing, Legacy Amendment spending, public safety and judiciary, state government and elections, veterans and military affairs, cannabis, pensions, and human services policy.