Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Transportation panel greenlights bill that could charge developers for street improvements
By Margaret Stevens
Each new home built in a community adds an average of 10 vehicle trips per day. According to Prior Lake City Manager Jason Wedel, that could mean 66,000 new trips every single d...
Public safety panel advances bill to prohibit no-knock warrants
By Tim Walker
Andre Locke spoke from the heart about his son, Amir, to a hushed committee room Wednesday evening.
“Amir was a beautiful 22-year-old man with his whole life to be lived and...
Could environmental bill be swan song for lead sinkers in some Minnesota lakes?
By Margaret Stevens
Trumpeter swans are the protagonists in one of the most remarkable comeback stories of the animal world, going from fewer than 100 in the country in the 1930s to approximately 2...
Holocaust survivor urges lawmakers to mandate genocide studies in Minnesota classrooms
By Steve Abrams
Dora Zaidenweber is 99 years old and a survivor of the Holocaust.
Born in Poland, most of her family was wiped out by the Nazis. When she first arrived in the United States ...
Bill could help recycle landfills for use as solar sites
By Rob Hubbard
If one person’s trash is another’s treasure, then perhaps a community’s landfill could become one of its chief sources of electricity.
That’s the idea behind HF2627, sponsor...
Special state fund proposed for targeted groups to support emerging developers
By Tim Walker
Although Minnesota regularly ranks high on lists of best states to live in, there is a caveat, some say, which is that it’s not such a great a state to live in if you’re not whi...
Safety grants could help defend human services providers from workplace violence
By Tessa Pieper
Go to work. Get punched. Go to work. Get kicked. Go to work. Get assaulted.
For many human service workers, this is life on the clock. In more extreme cases, employees have ...
Local officials pitch capital investment panel on need for Duluth, St. Cloud airport projects
By Margaret Stevens
Airport safety projects landed in the House Capital Investment Committee Wednesday with a pair of informational hearings of bills proposing money for airports in Duluth and St. ...
Bill seeks $1.9 million to provide job training for people with disabilities
By Tim Walker
Every day Rep. Sydney Jordan (DFL-Mpls) drives to her job at the House, she passes the manufacturing headquarters of Minnesota Diversified Industries.
And every day she thin...
Property taxes going up? You might have a refund coming
By Rob Hubbard
That howl you hear may be a chorus of homeowners who’ve just opened their property tax statements.
Yes, the question heard on many a doorstep during last year’s campaign – “...
Grant money proposed to improve polling place access
By Mike Cook
Voting is a fundamental right, yet it is not always easy for folks who have a physical or communication disability.
A narrow doorway, steep steps or lack of a curb cut can b...
Bill proposes considering cumulative impact of environmental stressors in MPCA’s permitting process
By Margaret Stevens
Shannon Haiden has asthma. As does her daughter, granddaughter, grandson, daughter-in-law and niece.
Their breathing struggles are part of living in a North Minneapolis neig...
Housing omnibus bill could overhaul tenant, landlord law
By Tessa Pieper
Renters comprise up to 30% of households across the state, and in our most populous cities that number can be 50% of households or more.
All could be affected by the omnibus...
Legislation to create indemnity fund aims to make grain sellers whole when buyer fails
By Margaret Stevens
Martin Phillips, who operates Blue Sky Farms south of Mankato, had an organic corn contract with Pipeline Foods. But less than two weeks after he made his last corn delivery, he...
House panel OKs measure supporters say will improve safety standards at oil refineries
By Steve Abrams
Oil refineries are not your average work environment, even by industrial workplace standards. A minor mistake by an untrained worker can have catastrophic consequences.
For ...
