The DFL trifecta in Minnesota has reached an agreement on budget targets. This framework typically is not determined until the last days of the session. However, House Speaker Melissa Hortman said the era of gridlock is over. “Too often you have seen in the past the leaders taking a really long time to give budget targets to the chairs and to the members of the legislature. At this point in time, we have targets that the chairs in the House and the Senate will get and the commissioners will get and they will now work together and when they are done with those bills, we will bring them to the floor and we will pass them.” The budget targets include nearly $18 billion in new spending, including $3 billion in tax cuts. The deal allocates $48 million for the agriculture budget.
