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Neighbors, 

The Minnesota Legislature convened for a special session to pass remaining budget bills and finalize the state budget for 2026-2027 earlier this week. The House finished our business just before 11pm Monday, successfully passing all remaining bills that fund the state government for the next two years.  

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Among the bills passed during the special session was the Higher Education bill. This bill was a tough one to negotiate, but in the end, we were able to stop cuts to vital programs like the North Star Promise that Republicans were hellbent on slashing. You can watch my remarks prior to passage here [ [link removed] ].  

All session long, instead of working together to solve real problems, Minnesota Republicans chose to follow the Trump playbook: defy the Constitution, sow division, and screw over working families - all in order to protect billionaires and big corporations. 

Minnesota Republicans’ number one priority was stripping away health insurance from our neighbors who are undocumented, and they threatened to blow up the entire budget to get it. Republicans’ cruelty will harm "all "Minnesotans, as our hospitals and emergency rooms will not be paid for emergency services driving up property taxes and health care costs for all of us. Everyone who is raising a family and working hard in our community deserves to live with dignity and safety, no matter their status in an immigration system that we all agree is deeply broken. That includes access to health care. 

This devastating blow to our communities will be felt by all of us. This fight is not over. This is a setback, not a defeat. When we band together, we can accomplish great things. Despite Republicans’ determination to undercut policies that favor working families over billionaires, DFLers successfully blocked Republican efforts to roll back laws that allow people to take care of themselves and loved ones when they’re sick, save families money on groceries and make sure no kid goes hungry at school, protect our LGBTQ+ neighbors, and protect reproductive freedom. 

I’m also proud of what I was able to get done for folks in Bloomington and across our state this year. A property tax exemption critical to development in the South Loop area, funding for the University of Minnesota, making sure CEOs and corporate board members don’t get a special carve-out in lobbying laws, getting to work on right-sizing child care rules, support for neighborhood food shelves – these are just a few of the things we accomplished this year, and I’m eager to get back to it in February. 

Although the work of the 2025 session is complete, there’s more work to do. Throughout the interim, I am continuing to work for you to fight for our community, families, and values. Please, continue to reach out to share the issues that matter most to you. 

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Join us for a Community Conversation!

I’m excited to be joined by fellow Bloomington-area legislators Rep. Steve Elkins, Rep. Julie Greene, Sen. Alice Mann, and Sen. Melissa Wiklund for a Community Conversation! We’ll be looking back on this legislative session and looking forward to what we expect next winter when the legislature reconvenes. We hope you can join us on June 23rd at 6pm in the City Council Chambers.  

Community Conversation
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Thank you, as always, for the honor of serving you.   

 

Rep. Nathan Coulter 






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Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155

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