Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Governor’s education policy bill sees some pushback during first House hearing
By Steve Abrams
Gov. Tim Walz and his administration are seeking a wide variety of changes to the state’s educational standards. And not everyone is happy about them.
Sponsored by Rep. Laur...
Governor’s energy proposals seek to unlock federal funds, grow Solar for Schools
By Rob Hubbard
On the day that Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a state carbon-free electricity standard, Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold told the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy C...
Lawmaker wants proposed Emmett Louis Till Victims Recovery Program to help heal historical traumas
By Tessa Pieper
You can’t put a price on freedom, but legislators would like to help those hurt by historical trauma.
Sponsored by Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL- Mendota Heights), HF51 would es...
Public safety panel considers bill that would create new classification of crime to fight rising retail thefts
By Tim Walker
Shoplifting is a crime. We can all agree on that.
But slipping a candy bar into your pocket and sneaking it out of a convenience store is fundamentally different from the dr...
Wheels on the bus go round and round — but for many school districts, that’s an impossibly high cost
By Steve Abrams
The morning commute to school is as simple as hopping aboard that big yellow bus and riding it across town, right? Not so for many kids in Minnesota, where some school districts...
Judiciary panel approves $69.5 million funding boost to help service low-income legal clients
By Tim Walker
Civil legal aid lawyers represent low-income clients in non-criminal legal matters, however, they can now only provide legal representation for 45% of Minnesotans asking for hel...
Package of proposed bike safety measures would honor longtime advocate
By Margaret Stevens
Bill Dooley was the hub around which all things bicycle and bicycle safety revolved, the late advocate’s friend and colleague Dorian Grilley told the House Transportation Financ...
Facing wave of aging Minnesotans, lawmakers consider creating task force to tackle issue
By Mike Cook
Estimates by the state demographer show that Minnesota had fewer than 600,000 residents aged 65 or greater in 2000 and will have more than 1 million in 2023 — roughly one in six...
House OKs $4.3 million bump for AG’s office to assist county attorneys
By Mike Cook
If a high-level crime occurs in parts of the state, the local county attorney’s office can be looking for more advanced knowledge — or simply an extra hand — to aid in the prose...
House passes $96 million boost to funding for MN public defenders
By Tim Walker
Help could be on the way for Minnesotans who cannot afford legal representation.
Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville) sponsors HF90, which would boost funding for the stat...
Lawmaker aims to ‘level the playing field’ for auto dealerships performing warranty repairs
By Tim Walker
If your driveshaft fails when your vehicle is still under warranty, you take it to your brand’s dealership to get it fixed at no charge to you.
But dealership leaders say th...
Panel approves $43 million to reduce chronic staffing shortages for direct support professionals
By Tessa Pieper
Direct support professionals assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
At least, they used to.
Without competitive pay and with a workforce shortag...
'There is a demand for this': More MN veterans may become eligible for service bonuses
By Jonathan Mohr
Rachael Hill is an Air Force veteran who grew up in Moorhead, Minn., and moved back to the state with her young sons in 2010 to be closer to family after her husband was killed ...
Week in Review Jan. 30 – Feb. 3
By HPIS Staff
The restoration of felon voting rights upon release from incarceration is an issue supporters have been working on for years at the Capitol. So too is the “Driver’s Licenses for...
Public safety panels House OKs contentious gun background check bill
By Tim Walker
Criminal background checks can be effective in keeping guns out of the hands of people who should not be trusted with them. But those checks are done through licensed firearm se...
