Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
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Week in Review: Feb. 19-23
By HPIS Staff
One week from today it will be March. One month from today is the first committee deadline. And with the February 2024 Budget and Economic Forecast scheduled to be released Wedn...
Clarification to earned sick and safe time law could add air flight crews
By Brian Basham
Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL-Burnsville) is a flight attendant for Endeavor Air, and said the reason air flight crews should be added last year’s earned sick and safe time law is simple...
Public safety panel advances bill to expand immunity protections to people reporting overdoses
By Tim Walker
Imagine you’re witnessing a friend overdosing on drugs. You want to call 911 for help but are reluctant because you’re in possession of illegal drugs yourself.
Should you he...
Measure would keep the information assault victims share with advocates private
By Tim Walker
Anyone who watches TV crime dramas and legal procedurals knows about attorney-client privilege: Defendants can spill their guts to their lawyers without fearing that information...
Proposal would introduce state licensing for clinical art therapists
By Mike Cook
Clinical art therapy addresses specific psychological and emotional issues in a structured environment.
But professionals providing such services in Minnesota are not specif...
Band on hand, University of Minnesota leaders seek $45 million budget boost
By Rob Hubbard
Lots of folks come to the Legislature asking for funding, but how many of them show up with a pep band?
University of Minnesota officials did on Thursday.
The young musi...
Child care crisis, workforce crisis meet in House hearing
By Jonathan Mohr
For Suzanne Temple-Gumm, a high school teacher for 17 years who is married with two small children and expecting again in a few months, child care costs will soon total over $45...
Legislators consider increasing funding to recovery school program funding for first time in decade
By Brian Basham
“I would not be standing here today, or be the young woman I am today, without P.E.A.S.E Academy.”
That’s the message Lucy Getschow, a senior at Peers Enjoying A Sober Educa...
Would bottle deposit solve Minnesota’s waste problem? Or just nickel-and-dime consumers?
By Margaret Stevens
Recycling rates have plateaued and literally tons of valuable materials are going directly into landfills.
One route to encourage recycling is a so-called “bottle bill,” whi...
Housing panel OKs bill that would protect tenants from landlords’ retaliation
By Rob Hubbard
Marion Butler has a pest problem. As does everyone else at her apartment complex, according to the Brooklyn Park resident. She also has mold, water damage, cabinets that need to...
School boards — not education commissioner — could approve four-day school weeks
By Brian Basham
The same amount of learning in one less day.
Sponsored by Rep. Dave Baker (R-Willmar), HF1242, as amended, would give local school boards the power to implement, or terminat...
Online marketing prioritizes ‘profits over our kids,' says House lawmaker — she aims to change that
By Tim Walker
With a framed photograph set in front of her, Bridgette Norring spoke Wednesday about her son Devin, and how he died in 2020 from a fentanyl overdose.
“Devin is forever 19,”...
Property tax panel debates whether level of aid to cities, counties is enough
By Rob Hubbard
They have a term in sports, a “makeup call.” It means that an official has reconsidered whether they were correct in punishing a particular player and has, consciously or not, d...
Should vacant county attorney, sheriff positions be filled by appointment or special election?
By Mike Cook
If a county attorney or sheriff leaves, should their replacement be chosen by a handful of bureaucrats or the people they represent?
Current law requires a county board to a...
Lawmaker says ‘aggressive’ action needed to combat use of AI, deepfakes in MN elections
By Mike Cook
Before last month’s New Hampshire presidential primary, a robocall was made purportedly from President Joe Biden telling voters they need not participate, saying, “It’s importan...
