Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Lawmakers propose '1st Minnesota Day' to honor legacy of Gettysburg heroes
By Mike Cook
A group of Minnesotans who played a key role in the Civil War at the expense of a tremendous loss of life could be honored annually.
The legacy of the First Minnesota Volunt...
Deadlocked House halts proposal to automatically return surpluses to taxpayers
By Rob Hubbard
The House is fit to be tied about the issue of automatically returning future budget surpluses to taxpayers.
A House divided evenly between Republican and DFL members after ...
MN families dealing with dementia face 'maze' of services. A House bill aims to simplify the system.
By Margaret Stevens
State statistics about Alzheimer’s disease are sobering.
More than 120,000 people, including one in 10 over age 65, are living with Alzheimer’s, a 20% increase since 2020. C...
'Sacred communities' would face new local oversight under House bill
By Lisa Kaczke
Two Twin Cities churches have opened tiny homes on their properties to house chronically homeless residents since the Legislature passed a law allowing them in 2023.
A third...
Decontaminating nitrate-polluted private wells in southeast Minnesota is bill’s aim
By Tim Walker
What do the distinctive Dolomites in northeastern Italy have in common with the landscape in southeastern Minnesota?
They are both karst regions, formed by the dissolution o...
ATVs could go to town under bill proposing to expand access to some roads
By Rob Hubbard
“Takin’ It to the Streets” may have been the title of a Doobie Brothers tune from the 1970s, but such an action is prohibited in Minnesota for drivers of all-terrain vehicles.
...
Week in Review: March 10-14
By Lisa Kaczke
Happy Pi Day!
Republicans wrapped up their final full week of having a one-vote majority with a lot of bills on the House Floor.
There was lengthy debate on a few, but m...
Bill sponsor makes case to fund registered apprenticeships for future teachers
By Mike Cook
A strong desire exists to further a three-for-one opportunity for aspiring teachers: earn while you learn, skill development and connection to employment or career advancement.
...
Legislation lifting state’s nuclear moratorium clears House energy committee
By Rob Hubbard
Sometimes bills are designed to add new statutory language. Sometimes, they’re all about subtraction.
You could put HF2002 in the latter camp.
State law currently prohib...
House committee holds over proposed changes to new paid family, medical leave program
By Margaret Stevens
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, almost every worker in Minnesota will be able to take up to 12 weeks paid leave to welcome a new child, take care of a parent in hospice or recover from a...
House lawmakers consider making giant beaver Minnesota's state fossil
By Mike Cook
Milk and blueberry muffins, honeycrisp apples, “Grace,” ice hockey, L’etoile du Nord and “Hail! Minnesota.”
Each is among 20 state symbols in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
A...
Bill would give counties a boost in dealing with waste
By Rob Hubbard
Ever since astronauts sent home the first pictures of Earth from space, folks have been realizing that we only have so much room. So “reduce, reuse, recycle” became a rallying c...
DHS policy bill, anti-kickback measures discussed in committee
By Todd Abeln
Fraud, waste and abuse are buzzwords around the Capitol this session.
Those words came up again in the House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee.
Sponsored by Re...
Minnesota restaurants lobby lawmakers to allow 17-year-olds to serve alcohol
By Lisa Kaczke
Part of the restaurant worker shortage in Minnesota is that people younger than 18 can serve food to patrons, but not alcohol.
Rep. Tim O'Driscoll (R-Sartell) decided to wor...
Lawmakers consider bill to mandate reporting of undocumented immigrants to federal authorities
By Tim Walker
Illegal immigration is currently a top issue in Washington, D.C.
That debate came to St. Paul Wednesday in the form of a bill before the House Public Safety Finance and...
