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Duluth lobbyist warns of tight 2025 Minnesota session, says city priorities are positioned for bonding
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Flaherty & Hood lobbyist Eric Simonson told the Duluth City Council that razor-thin control of the Minnesota Legislature and a shrinking budget forecast will make 2025a0a challenging bonding and budget year, but he said Duluth's capital requests have secured initial support from area legislators.
Eric Simonson, a lobbyist with the law firm Flaherty & Hood, briefed the Duluth City Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting on the start of the 2025 Minnesota legislative session and how it could affect Duluth's capital and tax-policy priorities.
"It will be a challenging legislative session for sure," Simonson said, citing narrow majorities and unresolved special elections. He told councilors that, at the opening of session, the Minnesota Senate could be effectively tied until a Jan. 28 special election is certified and that several outstanding court challenges in House races have left control of the Minnesota House of Representatives unsettled.
The briefing laid out why those contests matter for Duluth: 2025 is a budget year, Simonson said, and the state's fiscal forecast constrains…
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