June 9 - ONE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION PASSES STATE BUDGET TOPREVENT A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN

Capitol plant management state workers dust the floor around the “Star of the North” in the rotunda while legislators in their chambers on the second floor of the Capitol work to finalize a state budget during a one-day special session on June 9. Minnesota without a budget deal on June 10 would have begun sending out layoff notices to state workers and legislators would face a partial government shutdown on July 1. The House and Senate were able to avert a government shut down bypassing a state budget during the one-day special session.

A Capitol visitor stays connected to the outside world on the morning of the special session.

A group protesting any possible tax breaks for data centers brought their message to the railing around the second floor of the rotunda before legislators met in a one-day special session to finalize the budget agreement

Tim Leary, center, brought his supersized “Democulars” to a protest against any tax breaks for data centers during the one-day special session.

A group of protesters hold a die-in outside the House Chamber in protest of a bill that would remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare services prior to the start of the special session.

Rep. Jeff Becker, R-Browns Valley, is the author of a bill that would remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare services during the special session at the Capitol, June 9, 2025.

Rep. Leigh Finko, DFL-St.Paul, left, speaks in opposition to a bill that would remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare services.

Rep. Maria Isa Perez-Vega, DFL-St. Paul, walks off the House floor with a raised fist saying, “This ain’t Minnesota.” after giving an emotional speech against the bill that would remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare.

The Senate hears a bill that would remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare services.

Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St.Paul, studies paperwork while the members debate a bill during the special session.

An emotional Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Mpls., left, gets a high-five from Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart, DFL-St.Paul, right, after the Senate passed the transportation bill. Sen. Dibble paused his closing remarks on the bill for a point of personal privilege to tell the Senate of the passing of his sister.

Senate Taxes Committee chair Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, confers with her committee administrator, Mitch Berggren, while members debate a bill during the special session.

House Republican members listen as the body debates the taxes bill during the special session.

Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, confers with Chief Clerk Patrick Duffy Murphy before taking up the revisor’s bill.

DFL members of the House of Representatives laugh and applaud after Rep. Drew Roach, R-Farmington, cast his first “Yes” vote in 2025 during the one-day special session. The non controversial revisor's bill passed unanimously.

Speaker Lisa Demuth, DFL-Cold Spring, gavels the House adjourned sine die after the House completed passing a state budget during the one-day special session.

House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, talks with the press after the House adjourned the special session sine die. The legislature will reconvene on Feb. 17, 2026 unless a special session is necessary if the

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