After weeks of negotiations, legislative leaders have finalized a $7 billion health and human services budget for the 2026-27 biennium. It would reduce General Fund spending by $70 million compared to the February forecast base for programs operated by the Health Department, Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth and Families.| www.house.mn.gov
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Advocates pushed back against threatened funding cuts and won continued support for Long COVID work in the Minnesota legislature’s final 2026–27 budget.| The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Cuts could end Long COVID research, communications, and grants in Minnesota, which has been a leader in state-level public health responses to the crisis.| The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
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