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SF5197 • 2026

Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McEwen
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

What This Bill Does

  • Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Duluth

office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATION; LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION

- DULUTH.
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$1,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of employment and economic development for a grant to the Duluth office of the Local

Initiatives Support Corporation to advance equitable economic development in northeast

Minnesota by strengthening community-based organizations, enhancing commercial corridor

vitality and economic development, and expanding access to resources and technical

assistance through the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Network. Grant money may be used for

workshops, community and organizational networking and learning experiences, staff

resources, leveraging additional grant dollars, and as lending capital. This is a onetime

appropriation.

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