Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House passes K-12 education bill that features $2.2 billion funding boost, contentious policy changes
By Steve Abrams
The education finance and policy agreement returned from conference committee has House DFLers ecstatic.
“With this proposal, we make historic investments in our schools,” s...
Cannabis legalization conferees agree to 10% sales tax; House Floor next stop as supporters seek green votes
By Tim Walker
Don’t light up a spliff just yet, but odds you could enjoy a legal joint by this summer got higher Tuesday.
All you need now are two affirmative votes and a pen stroke.
...
Public safety package containing pair of gun-control measures headed to governor’s desk
By Tim Walker
Two gun-control measures that proponents have been seeking for years are on their way to the governor’s desk.
Gov. Tim Walz has previously expressed support for the cha...
Commerce conference committee adopts agreement on budget, policy bill
By Tim Walker
Reminiscent of the scene in “The Princess Bride” where Billy Crystal’s character says the body lying in front of him is “mostly dead” — a House conference committee that declare...
House repasses early education finance bill
By Jonathan Mohr
It took two tries, but a major increase in state aid for child care and early education programs is now likely as the House repassed the early childhood finance bill Monday.
...
Paid family, medical leave conferees agree to delayed start, reduced maximum length of benefits
By Tim Walker
Supporters of paid family and medical leave were ecstatic when the House and Senate passed their respective bills earlier this month.
But their enthusiasm may be tempered a ...
DFLers call education budget bill that clears conference committee ‘historic’
By Steve Abrams
“Generational impact.” “Historic investment.” “This is why I ran for office.”
Those were the words of DFLers at Saturday’s close of the education finance and policy bill con...
Agreement reached on $1.4 billion jobs, economic development spending package
By Steve Abrams
Senate President Bobby Joe Champion (DFL-Mpls) had “exciting things to announce” Friday evening.
He was referring to $1.37 billion in state spending to rev up Minnesota’s ec...
New state flag, changes to ‘legislative day’ definition among measures adopted by state government, elections negotiators
By Mike Cook
Members spent part of the weekend in the House Chamber. Opportunities will likely expand to provide for far more get-togethers in that space.
Changing the definition of a le...
After lengthy debate, House sends early education report back to conference committee
By Jonathan Mohr
After meeting for what was thought to be the final time Friday afternoon, members of the conference committee on the early childhood finance bill learned Saturday their work is ...
Conferees nearly home on environment, natural resources agreement
By Margaret Stevens
They weren’t completely done at the traditional weekend knock-off time of 5 p.m. Friday, but members of the environment, natural resources, climate and energy conference committ...
Conference committee strikes agreement on early childhood finance bill
By Jonathan Mohr
Families struggling to afford child care and early education programs that prepare their kids for school are likely to see a major increase in state aid after conferees on the e...
Conference committee on recreational cannabis bill makes progress as chairs pledge to finish on time
By Tim Walker
With the session potentially entering its final week, the sponsors of a high-profile bill remain steadfast that agreement will be reached.
“We will work expeditiously to clo...
House, Senate lawmakers unveil $1.3 billion cash-only capital investment proposal
By Margaret Stevens
In March, the House passed a pair of capital investment bills that would appropriate more than $2 billion for projects such as road and bridge repairs, preservation of state bui...
Paid Family and Medical Leave conference committee starts work on finding agreement
By Tim Walker
About a third of the provisions in a bill that’s been years in the making were agreed to in a matter of minutes Friday. However, the 14 sections were identical language.
As ...
