Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Effort to expand campus firearm restriction authority fails in committee
By Margaret Stevens
Rep. Nathan Coulter (DFL–Bloomington) paused Tuesday as he recalled being 12 years old when the Columbine High School shooting occurred.
This year’s first-year college stude...
Public safety panel fails to advance bill prohibiting possession of ‘ghost guns’
By Tim Walker
So-called “ghost guns” are firearms lacking serial numbers that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online.
HF3407, which would ban the sale and possession...
Not enough committee appetite to prohibit SNAP purchases of chips, candy and Coke
By Winter Keefer
It turns out a lot of candy contains wheat.
Legislators learned this as testifiers poked holes in a bill that attempts to prohibit the purchase of candy, chips and pop with ...
House Education stalls over funding for anonymous reporting system bill
By Graham Johnson
House Education Policy Committee members across the aisle agree on the importance of anonymous reporting systems.
The devil is in the details, however, or in the case of the...
Skilled trades classwork could equate to student grants and scholarships
By Graham Johnson
When Erik Trost started his manufacturing class in 2017, his goal was to be able to pay students for the work they did in class.
In Trost’s industrial technology class at St...
Thermal energy could become a utility-scale thing under bill
By Rob Hubbard
Last year, thermal energy was a hot topic at the Capitol. The House Energy Finance and Policy Committee discussed several bills related to tapping into the earth to heat and coo...
Tax panel considers creating a new exemption for school supplies
By Rob Hubbard
Every parent knows that kids can get expensive. But school teachers tend to say the same thing, when you consider how often they purchase school supplies for their students out ...
Office of Inspector General bill moves forward — although reluctantly for some members
By Mike Cook
An Office of Inspector General may yet be created this session to fight the fraud, waste and abuse in state programs.
Stuck in the House State Government Finance and Policy ...
Panel advances bill to regulate ‘deeply problematic’ AI in psychotherapy
By Tim Walker
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and society is grappling with where and how its risks outweigh the benefits.
Is there a role for AI systems to replace the personal on...
Seating mandate draws support for comfort, concern for compliance
By Margaret Stevens
The trouble started with a stool.
Gallery assistants at the Walker Art Museum said they were abruptly told they could no longer sit while assisting visitors unless they prod...
Bill would regulate services allowing employees early access to wages
By Lisa Kaczke
For people who live paycheck to paycheck, a situation like a flat tire or dead car battery can result in overdrafts and bad checks.
People in those situations need options a...
Bill aims to codify ‘kickbacks’ in state law definition of fraud
By Winter Keefer
Legislators are responding to a March 17 report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor that found the Department of Human Services has more power than it believes to investiga...
Licensure compact plan to allow morticians from outside Minnesota to practice here still has life
By Winter Keefer
If a funeral home director takes their last ride to work in a coffin, who fills their position? In Minnesota, it’d be someone with a four-year degree.
Minnesota is one of on...
All aboard for K.C. and Fargo? It could happen
By Rob Hubbard
You could soon be singing “Kansas City, here I come” as you climb aboard a southbound train in the Twin Cities. Or you could turn around and head northwest to Fargo.
Such ra...
House votes to repeal César Chávez Day week before its annual date
By Mike Cook
César Chávez Day is March 31 to celebrate the state’s Latino community.
Eight days before the end of the month, legislators are moving quickly to remove the statute after a ...
