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Minnesota Legislature Pushes Housing, Rail, and Tax Reforms at 2026 Session Midpoint

Minnesota Legislature Pushes Housing, Rail, and Tax Reforms at 2026 Session Midpoint

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 Minnesota's 2026 legislative session has hit its midpoint, with key committee deadlines passed on March 27, clarifying which bills are advancing. According to Our Streets MN, the Fix-it-First bill, sponsored by Representative Erin Koegel, prioritizes highway maintenance over expansions to address funding gaps, moving forward in the House. Lawmakers are also pushing measures for passenger rail studies to Fargo and St. Louis, laid over for possible omnibus inclusion, while discussions on a bonding bill for infrastructure persist amid election-year pressures.

Governor Tim Walz's supplemental budget proposal, unveiled March 17, expands the child tax credit to $3,000 for individuals and $6,000 for families with higher income thresholds, offering relief to 105,000 families, per Americans for Tax Reform. However, it introduces a controversial tax on large tech firms with over 100,000 Minnesota users to fund AI-impacted workforce programs, drawing criticism for stifling innovation. State officials are advocating easier payment withholding from fraud-accused providers, as reported by CBS News Minnesota.

On housing, bills target Greater Minnesota's shortages: one allocates $20 million to workforce housing grants for small communities, and another $15 million for infrastructure like sewers, both eyed for bonding or housing packages before the May 18 session end, according to KAXE. Minnesota Housing released its final Climate Resilience and Housing Decarbonization Roadmap, aiming for net-zero new buildings by 2032. The state projects a stable $3.7 billion budget surplus for 2026-27 with no deficit ahead, per the House Session Daily. Street funding estimates for small and large cities were updated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

No major weather events have disrupted the state recently. Public safety and education news remains steady, with Governor Walz appointing judges to judicial vacancies.

Looking Ahead: Final bonding and housing negotiations loom in late April or early May, alongside SF5121 on environmental matters introduced April 14.

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