Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Bill proposes expanded access to public defenders in child protection cases
By Tim Walker
Even casual viewers of TV cop shows know that if you are charged with a crime, but are too poor to afford an attorney, the state must provide you with a public defender at no co...
Early educator licensing change sought to help students and teachers
By Jonathan Mohr
Minnesota currently has a number of school-based early learning programs that require their teachers to be licensed. Others, such as voluntary pre-kindergarten and some school r...
House panel considers allowing MN secretary of state to use federal election safety funds without legislative approval
By Mike Cook
Attorney fees and federal funds make up a $938,000 funding bill for the Office of the Secretary of State.
And a policy change would make it easier to spend some of those dol...
Week in Review: March 6-10
By HPIS Staff
It was a hectic week that had a little bit of everything: extended hearings, night meetings, a lengthy floor session, and the obligatory ill-timed snowstorm. Things wrapped up t...
Lights, camera, tax credit! Bill aims to entice more filmmakers to shoot in Minnesota
By Tim Walker
Careers in the arts can be difficult. Some make it big, but many do not.
So it’s best to have a Plan B.
A case in point: Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora), who played Uni...
Legislators advance bill they hope will increase safety on Metro Transit buses, trains
By Margaret Stevens
During several hearings this session, the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee heard about annoying and sometimes criminal behavior occurring on buses, trains and a...
House OKs expanded protections under Women’s Economic Security Act
By Steve Abrams
Passed in 2014, the Women’s Economic Security Act provides a profusion of accommodations for nursing and pregnant employees in the workplace.
Updates to this legislation may...
House panel advances labor legislation targeting working conditions for rideshare drivers
By Steve Abrams
The life of a rideshare driver with Uber or Lyft is not easy. Long hours on the road, little pay, and risk of physical violence from passengers is the industry norm.
Issues ...
Taxes Committee joins the Social Security subtraction conversation
By Rob Hubbard
It’s a subtraction that’s proven a major addition to the public conversation recently. Whether Minnesotans should pay state taxes on Social Security income became a prominent ca...
Culturally specific mental health services could be expanded with proposed grant
By Tessa Pieper
The National Alliance on Mental Health estimates only one in three Black adults with mental illness receive treatment.
“A recent Blue Cross Blue Shield study showed major de...
House passes bill to codify protections for Native American kids, families
By Jonathan Mohr
The federal government established the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to help end the practice begun in the 1800s of separating Native American children from their families in...
Ag panel approves bill that would let cities exterminate use of some pesticides
By Margaret Stevens
The sinking of bee populations is an all-hands-on-deck situation, and local communities should have their hands untied, say supporters of a bill that would allow cities to ban t...
Bill seeks to lower number of PTSD retirements among first responders
By Tim Walker
The state’s workforce shortage is especially acute in the public safety sector.
Peace officers and firefighters are retiring at record rates, in large part due to post-traum...
House lawmaker wants any funds awarded in MN vape lawsuit to pay for tobacco prevention, treatment efforts
By Tessa Pieper
Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has a $438.5 million settlement with 34 states.
Minnesota is not among them.
Instead, the state will take Juul Labs and Altria to tr...
Student-led organizations seek more than $2 million to prep schoolkids for future careers
By Steve Abrams
Career and technical student organizations aren’t your typical after-school club. These organizations foster student engagement in career and technical education programs for ov...
