Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House OKs nearly $400 million in one-time funds on capital investment bill
By Margaret Stevens
Rep. Fue Lee (DFL-Mpls) has said capital projects are a good use of one-time money. The House agreed Monday.
He sponsors HF670 that, as amended, would appropriate $393 milli...
House gets bonding bill over the line, passes $1.5 billion capital investment package
By Margaret Stevens
Bonding bills and the infrastructure they pay for are about more than spreadsheets, bricks and mortar, said supporters of a $1.5 billion general obligation bonding package. They...
Homeless youth could collect monthly stipends under House proposal
By Tessa Pieper
Cold, hard cash.
That’s what some lawmakers want to give homeless youth.
Sponsored by Rep. Alicia Kozlowski (DFL-Duluth), HF2008 would establish a youth cash stipend pro...
Bill proposes requiring antitheft devices in Kia, Hyundai vehicles that lack them
By Tim Walker
Irresponsible social media posts have led to serious and sometimes deadly situations. One only needs to think of the Tide pod challenge, where people died after eating them.
...
Veterans committee approves funding for renovation project at Minneapolis home
By Jonathan Mohr
The Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis, which overlooks the Mississippi River near Minnehaha Falls, was built to serve veterans of the Civil War.
It provides beds and sk...
Week in Review: Feb. 27-March 3
By HPIS Staff
The session’s first committee deadline is one week from today. By next Friday, committees must act favorably on bills in the house of origin, although the deadline does not appl...
House lawmakers hear appeal to significantly hike spending on school safety
By Steve Abrams
Keeping students safe and sound while in school costs money. School resource officers, school security measures, and mental health counseling services are in high demand across ...
Minnesota’s hotels could get a boost from tourism improvement districts
By Rob Hubbard
Christy Loy’s life as a Minnesotan got off to quite a memorable start.
“I moved here to Minnesota in 2020,” she told the House Property Tax Division Friday. “March 2 was my ...
Ride the rails from Minneapolis to Duluth? House panel considers $194 million for Northern Lights Express
By Margaret Stevens
Supporters of the Northern Lights Express painted pictures of the potential new rail service riders: veterans traveling south for treatment at the VA hospital, tourists headed t...
Lawmaker proposes help to locate public land survey monuments
By Mike Cook
Public land survey monuments are the basis of all property descriptions and infrastructure siting in the state along with serving as a basis for accurate digital geospatial data...
House panel advances proposal to tackle wage theft in construction industry
By Steve Abrams
During the 2019 special session, the Legislature passed a strict wage theft law, making the practice a felony.
However, in the view of Rep. Sandra Feist (DFL-New Brighton), ...
Bill to ban price gouging during public emergencies clears House
By Tim Walker
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) has no love for retailers who jack up prices of essential goods and services during public emergencies.
They are preying on people whe...
House passes bill to close loophole in MN's ‘Peeping Tom’ law
By Tim Walker
Since 1979, Minnesota has had a “Peeping Tom” law that criminalizes entering someone’s property to gaze on someone or to record images “through the window or any other aperture”...
House lawmakers OK over $200 million for homeless services in ‘Pathway Home Act’
By Tessa Pieper
In early February, the Department of Transportation cleared a Minneapolis homeless encampment at the same time as lawmakers stood on the Capitol steps and urged passage of the s...
Bill offering assistance to small meat processors could fix a weak link in food chain
By Margaret Stevens
Small and medium size meat processors are struggling to keep up with demand.
A report from the Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture states: “There is a distinct bo...
