{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Today","slug":"minnesota-today-413993","podcast_index_feed_id":413993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-update","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/1f56da009a58910c3568f259c9aa670783c09471/square/12e558-20220913-minnesota-today-podcast-art-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":100,"summary":"Minnesota Today from MPR News brings you the most important stories from around the state. All on your schedule. Get updated on the latest news in about five minutes, every weekday morning and evening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:19:24.782595+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"Lawmakers craft financial framework to wrap up legislative session","slug":"lawmakers-craft-financial-framework-to-wrap-up-legislative-session","published_at":"2026-05-14T11:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/lawmakers-craft-financial-framework-to-wrap-up-legislative-session","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/05/14/lawmakers-craft-financial-framework-to-wrap-up-legislative-session","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/news/features/2026/05/14/Lawmakers_craft_financial_framework_to_wrap_up_legislative_session_20260514_64.mp3","summary":"Legislators now have a financial framework from which to hammer out bills. An end-of-session deadline arrives this weekend given that lawmakers can’t pass bills after Sunday. Leaders agreed to help HCMC and hospitals around the state, give property owners tax relief and put more money into infrastructure projects. The deal also increases funding for security concerns as well as anti-fraud measures. There are still many details about the signed agreement that are not yet known, and a small window left for lawmakers to get bills ready for votes.","meta_description":"Legislators now have a financial framework from which to hammer out bills. An end-of-session deadline arrives this weekend given that lawmakers can’t pass…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":316,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/lawmakers-craft-financial-framework-to-wrap-up-legislative-session/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/lawmakers-craft-financial-framework-to-wrap-up-legislative-session.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}