Good morning. The Legislature is done passing bills for the session, but the Timberwolves are NOT done for the season. What a game!

It was a grinding, tumultuous push to the finish of the second year of the Legislature’s run with all DFL control.  There was sustained shouting and recriminations in both chambers. “The way governance works in Minnesota has been degraded and will never be the same,” said House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth. “I had to do what I had to do to get the bills across the finish line,” responded House Speaker Melissa Hortman. The must-do list was short, even if the to-do list was longer. And several items got ticked off. But several got left behind. Democrats, narrowly in the majorities, exerted that power. Republicans, looking to November’s election, voiced frustration about being excluded from key decisions and for the abrupt cutoff of debate on some bills. There was a rare moment of zen when the Timberwolves completed their Game 7 comeback and moved onto the Western Conference Finals. The outcome was announced on both floors during late bill debates. The recap from Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters is here.

Here’s a breakout of some closely watched items:

• A bill setting minimum pay and worker conditions for rideshare drivers gained approval from lawmakers and a measure of signoff from Uber and Lyft, which say they’ll no longer abandon the Twin Cities market. The Minneapolis ordinance that created a showdown over the services will be trumped by the law upon the governor’s promised signature. 

• Sports betting legislation died on the vine yet again. Despite talk of a late-breaking deal, it was left out of final legislation. Minnesota will remain in the minority of states without it.

• A big construction borrowing plan was put on the shelf. It needed a three-fifths majority to pass and Democrats didn’t even bring that to the floor. Instead, they tried a cash-only package, only to run short of time as the clock struck midnight.

• A proposed constitutional amendment won’t make a future statewide ballot, at least not yet. The equal rights amendment that also included protections for abortion passed in the House over the weekend. But it was never matched up with differing language that passed the Senate last year.

• A measure to get tougher on people who buy guns for those not legally allowed to possess them made it through. Other notable gun bills, including ones dealing with firearm and ammunition storage, didn’t advance.

• A new State Patrol headquarters could be built in the coming years. Lawmakers put $22.5 million into land acquisition and design.

The Legislature gavels in later this morning for retirement speeches and other formalities. The list of retiring lawmakers is long and could get longer. You have to wonder if last night’s fiery finish will cause some people to walk away. Here is the list of who is leaving so far.

Minnesota Republicans gave their backing to former pro basketball player and online provocateur Royce White for U.S. Senate. His first-ballot endorsement victory on Saturday positions him for a likely matchup with Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar. White topped Navy veteran and businessman Joe Fraser, among others. Fraser told MPR News in February he’d abide by the convention decision but no word yet on whether he’ll reconsider and file for a primary run. White snagged the party seal on a shoestring, having reported raising just $10,000 through March. Klobuchar has raised about $16 million this cycle and had a solid $5.8 million of that banked as of April 1. This race had not been on the map of competitive Senate races and is unlikely to draw much outside attention. No matter who is the nominee, it’ll be interesting to see how Klobuchar deploys her money and how that affects down-ballot races.

The Republican Party made a big haul on Friday when former President Donald Trump headlined the main fundraising dinner of the year. Trump spoke for 80 minutes in St. Paul, insisting he can put Minnesota in the Republican column for the first time since 1972. He ran through familiar and truth-testing claims he has been persecuted by criminal prosecutors, that elections have been rigged and immigration and foreign threats have festered under the current administration. We will have to see what kind of resources Trump and allies put into the state and what kind of countermeasures President Joe Biden and allies mount.