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Session ends with repeal of county cannabis aid and cuts to aquatic invasive species funding; Crow Wing to lose $236,096
Summary
MICA staff told Crow Wing County commissioners that the 2025 special session repealed local government cannabis aid and cut aquatic invasive species aid in half starting with aids payable in 2027; county program aid and PILT were largely protected.
Nathan Jessen, policy director at the Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA), told the Crow Wing County Committee of the Whole on June 17 that the 2025 special legislative session repealed the local government cannabis aid and cut funding for aquatic invasive species (AIS) by half beginning with aids payable in 2027.
Jessen said the cannabis aid — a share of gross-receipts taxes set aside in 2023 to be split between cities and counties — was eliminated in the final bills and that the AIS program was cut from its current level by 50 percent starting with aids payable in 2027. “We end up…
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