Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is addressing rumors that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, will receive a presidential pardon for his separate federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights.

A new report by a Minneapolis television station has revealed that Minnesota officials are bracing for the possibility that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin could receive a federal pardon.

Leaders in a divided Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday announced a roughly $66 billion budget deal to fund the government and its services, which also includes spending reductions in order to stave off a looming $6 billion deficit in the future.

Protest drowned out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders as they announced a budget deal Thursday morning.

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders struck a budget deal Thursday that rolls back health care coverage for undocumented immigrant adults, closes the Stillwater prison and makes other notable spending cuts.

The budget will lead to the closure of Stillwater prison, and remove healthcare access for undocumented immigrants.

Minnesota legislative leaders and Governor Walz have agreed on state budget targets, including for agriculture. Farm Bureau director of public policy Loren Dauer says Republican and Democrat caucus leadership met with Walz this Thursday morning.