September 7–13, 2026
A quiet week for passed legislation locally, with Edina selecting a city manager finalist; several federal measures became law but none change daily life here.
A relatively calm week in terms of new laws landing on your doorstep. The most locally consequential action was at Edina City Hall, where the City Council on Thursday, September 10 moved forward with selecting a finalist for city manager. That person will run day-to-day city operations and report directly to the mayor and council. The city manager shapes how fast projects move, how staff is organized, and how the city communicates with residents, so this is worth keeping an eye on as the hire is finalized. The council adopted this action last week.
At the federal level. The President signed three federal bills into law this week. One (HR 2069) requires federal agencies to post a previously hidden type of contract, called "other transaction agreements," on USAspending.gov, giving the public more visibility into how federal money is spent. Another (HR 5366) extends federal tax breaks for people who lost property or income in federally declared disasters through early 2027, and makes wildfire relief payments tax-free for survivors of disasters declared after 2014. Neither of those changes will affect most Edina residents directly, but if you received disaster-related relief payments in recent years, the tax exclusion is worth flagging with your tax preparer. A third bill extended a deadline for building an EMS memorial in Washington, D.C. Several other federal bills signed this week dealt with matters specific to other states or narrow internal government operations.
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Federal bills headed to the House floor. Five federal bills cleared committee this week and are awaiting a House floor vote, with no firm dates set yet. The most broadly relevant is a bill (HR 9342) that would lock in free public access to government documents through libraries and online, while giving the Government Publishing Office new tools to digitize older records. A second bill (HR 9327) would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train shelter dogs as support animals for officers dealing with stress and trauma, sourcing those dogs from local animal shelters. A Homeland Security farm-security drill bill (HR 9394) and a Nevada land-transfer bill (HR 2317) are also on the calendar, along with a housekeeping measure that dissolves an advisory panel overseeing congressional record-keeping. All five cleared committee and are headed to the full House, but none has a scheduled floor date.
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