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Metropolitan Council staff summarize 2025 legislative session, cite bond, transit and Metro Mobility outcomes
Summary
Government relations director delivered an hour-long briefing to the Metropolitan Council outlining 2025 session results, including legacy and parks funding, new regional transit capital bonds, changes to Metro Mobility funding and directed studies on high-subsidy corridors.
Metropolitan Council Government Relations Director Judd gave council members a detailed briefing on the 2025 Minnesota legislative session, describing the budget environment, funding outcomes and policy directives that affect regional transit, water and environment programs.
The report matters because several outcomes affect council operating and capital plans: the legislature provided targeted funding and directed studies that will shape how the council runs Metro Mobility, advances major transit projects and coordinates with MnDOT and local partners.
Judd summarized the fiscal context and key appropriations. He said the session began with a worsening forecast that produced a multi‑billion dollar shortfall and that lawmakers met from Jan. 14 to May 19 and then again in a one‑day special session on June 9 to finish business. Among the items he listed as wins for the council were legacy fund…
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