The change was a sticking point during negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, for whom repealing that law was a top priority in the divided Legislature.

Rep. Kaohly Vang Her tells Minnesota lawmakers she's an undocumented immigrant who fled post-war Vietnam, explaining how her father at the US Consulate altered paperwork.

The change is expected to save the state around $57 million in the next two years, according to a health and human services budget spreadsheet.

The current $75 annual fee will double to at least $150. How much someone pays could be steeper if they have a more expensive, newer vehicle, similar to how the state calculates registration fees, which EV owners must still pay.

Now off to the governor’s desk, the roughly 15 budget bills will allow the state to avert a July 1st government shutdown.

Private schools were spared from cuts and charter schools face new transparency and accountability requirements, according to legislative action.

Budget delays have been common across the country amid lousy economic forecasts, federal uncertainty and other factors.

A budget bottleneck came unclogged as the Minnesota Legislature bolted through bill after bill to finish a $66 billion two-year spending plan.

Some lawmakers called the process unwieldly from start to finish, and questioned why the city requested the money in 2023, when a nearly $18 billion state budget surplus loomed large.