With the full legislative session about 90 days away, ag lobbyist Bruce Kleven doesn’t expect a special session. “Governor Walz wanted a special session in September or October to allocate $250 million set aside for essential workers. Lawmakers were trying to divvy up how that looked and they couldn’t come to an agreement. The second underlying reason there’s no special session is the threat that the health commissioner will be voted down by the senate.” Attention now turns to 2022. Kleven says that means the Minnesota farmers waiting for drought relief may have to wait longer. “If lawmakers have to wait until January and then, move it through the budget process and have it shipped out the door next May, that’s almost a year too late. The drought package would have been part of that special session had it been called.”
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