The good weather continues from our fantastic weekend! Monday highs will reach the lower 80s over western Minnesota, with upper 70s to around 80 elsewhere. Get the latest on Updraft. 🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: MPR News political reporter Brian Bakst catches us up as the legislature ends its regular session today. And, from MPR News health reporter Michelle Wiley, Minnesota plans to spend $240 million to remove lead pipes. But cities like Minneapolis and smaller towns throughout the state anticipate spending far more to meet fast approaching deadlines.
Minnesota lawmakers have one more day to finish their work on a $72 billion two-year budget after passing a transportation bill and a tax bill over the weekend without a single Republican vote.
On Sunday, the Legislature took final votes on a bill authorizing tax rebates as well as on a transportation plan that brings a higher gas tax, a boosted metro sales tax and a new delivery fee to pay for projects.
The transportation finance package will put $3.7 billion in new money into the system over the next four years.
Ask just about anyone to tell their personal story, and it’s likely that food will feature at some point. For Nigerian immigrant Uche Irogbu, fufu was a staple of his childhood, and now its a staple of his identity in the U.S.
What else we're watching:
Roof Depot deal taps $6.5 million in state funding. Activists in Minneapolis’ East Phillips neighborhood say they’re ready to buy the Roof Depot site from the city. The purchase would be a turning point in the nearly decade-long contention over the Roof Depot.
$300 million for nursing homes part of larger deal for MN capital investment. Minnesota lawmakers have struck a deal to provide $300 million over four years in emergency funding for nursing homes as leverage to bring up a $2.6 billion capital investment package.
Capitol roundup: Tax bill goes to Walz; gas tax increase and delivery fee to fund roads. The Minnesota House and Senate have passed a $3 billion tax plan that includes rebates, credits for families, property tax relief and new tax increases for those who profit from some investment earnings and for some corporations.
