SENATE MAJORITY LEADER ERIN MURPHY

Walz, legislative leaders announce bipartisan agreement to end session

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders have reached a bipartisan agreement on the budget to end the session. “We are keeping a balanced budget, making targeted reductions, and focusing every dollar on core priorities: fiscal sustainability, critical infrastructure, and the health and wellbeing of our communities,” said Walz. It includes car tab relief, property tax cuts…

Sen. Mitchell returns to work at the legislature as Republicans move to stop her votes

ST. PAUL (KVRR/CNN) — Sen. Nicole Mitchell is spotted returning to work at the Capitol after she was arrested and charged with burglary last week in Detroit Lakes. The Democrat from Woodbury, a Twin Cities suburb, is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings including his ashes. Mitchell claims she was simply…