By Brian Basham
To create a future vision, heightened coordination, and increased training between Minnesota’s infrastructure agencies, lawmakers are considering creation of a new non-regulator...
By Mike Cook
Helping get youth more involved in the electoral process by making it easier to cast a ballot received the first affirmative and negative votes of a House committee.
State s...
By Jonathan Mohr
Gov. Tim Walz has set Tuesday, March 19 as the date for a special election to fill the District 27B House seat that opened Sunday when the resignation of former House speaker Re...
By Brian Basham
A fix could be coming for a 2023 law whose interpretation led to uncertainty that some said put Minnesota students at risk.
Except in cases of preventing bodily harm or deat...
By Rob Hubbard
Ope, gotta fix that.
It turns out that a provision in the 2023 tax law inadvertently reduced the standard individual income tax deduction by undoing the inflation adjustment...
By Tim Walker
On the first day of the 2024 legislative session Monday, the House took care of routine business, including introducing 246 new bills and welcoming a new member.
And then it...
By Mike Cook
The DFL trifecta-led Legislature made myriad changes across a spectrum of state topics in 2023.
Paid Family and Medical Leave. Abortion rights. Free breakfast and lunch for ...
By Jonathan Mohr
In November 2022, Nancy Uden had a seizure while driving that caused an accident she couldn’t remember when she woke in the hospital. Further tests revealed the Corcoran residen...
By HPIS Staff
Legislators and the public officially know the timeline for getting bills through the House committee process during the upcoming 2024 session.
Here are the two deadlines fo...
By Mike Cook
A 2021 law called for “an analysis of the current rate-setting methodology for all outpatient services in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare, including rates for behavioral he...
By Jonathan Mohr
Rep. Kurt Daudt (R-Crown), who served as Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2019, announced Wednesday he will resign his District 27B seat effective Feb. 11, one day before the 2...