Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Lawmakers consider boost to MN's child care assistance reimbursement rates
By Rachel Kats
Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program provider reimbursement rates are well below the national average, and providers say that’s jeopardizing the industry and disadvantaging families.
Duluth, Rochester get committee OK for park dedication fee on new development
By Mike Cook
Duluth and Rochester seek to require a “reasonable portion of land” be dedicated to the public, or impose a dedication fee on new housing units and new commercial and industrial development in the city. A bill for such received committee approval.
A touchdown for taxpayers? Excess stadium reserve dollars could be funneled into payoff fund
By Mike Cook
HF1388 would establish a stadium payoff fund to be filled annually with the excess after stadium-related expenses, or $44 million.
House lawmakers consider amending MN constitution to guarantee all kids a ‘quality public education’
By Rachel Kats
HF874 would amend the Minnesota Constitution to specify that all children have a fundamental right to a quality public education. There is no Senate companion.
Elimination of copays for HIV drugs could help end spread of disease
By Victoria Cooney
HF745, sponsored by Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls), aims to increase access to these medications by exempting them from Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare copays.
Seeking to boost state's cottage food industry, sales cap could be increased fourfold
By Nate Gotlieb
HF1430, sponsored by Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center), would increase the annual-sales limit for Minnesota's 4,800-plus cottage-food producers, who sell goods from home and at farmers markets and community events, from $18,000 to $78,000.
Week in Review: March 1-5
By HPIS Staff
From a bill targeted at systemic racism to additional protections for meatpacking workers, proposals to begin automatic voter registration and a benefits extension for hourly sc...
PROMISE Act would provide $268 million to businesses suffering after last year's civil unrest
By Tim Walker
The “Providing Resources, Opportunity, and Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Act” would create a Civil Unrest Immediate Relief Program funded by a $267.6 million General Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2021.
Lawmaker pushes 'common-sense' interventions for kids with asthma
By Victoria Cooney
Asthma attacks can be terror-inducing for children and parents, and often require intensive respiratory treatment and ongoing medication.
MN high school seniors might be required to take personal finance course
By Rachel Kats
What would be a valuable course for high school students to take? One of the top answers they give is personal finance.
Sponsored by Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Mpls), HF1617, as...
Conditional release for inmates who give birth heads to full House
By Tim Walker
HF1403 would allow the Department of Corrections to conditionally release, for up to one year, an inmate who is postpartum and gave birth within eight months of the date of commitment.
Divided along party lines, subcommittee OK's expanded COVID-19 business reopening plan
By Mike Cook
HF1514 would create an operating system based on one of five statewide COVID-19 risk levels. Affected businesses include: bars and restaurants, wedding reception venues, fitness centers, salons, pools and water parks. It would expire when the peacetime emergency ends.
Increased wages for PCAs core of proposed rate framework changes
By Victoria Cooney
HF663 would adjust the rate framework used for reimbursing PCA services and implement program integrity measures.
Relief proposed for loggers affected by paper mill closure
By Nate Gotlieb
HF1260, sponsored by Rep. Rob Ecklund (DFL-International Falls), would allow for extensions of, and refunds on, timber permits issued before July 1, 2020, in areas with large concentrations of spruce trees and balsam firs.
Private prison prohibition heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
HF1074 which would require state prison and local jail inmates to be housed only in publicly owned and operated prisons and jails.
