Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Lawmakers strike weekend agreement on agriculture budget as conference committee wraps up its work
By Margaret Stevens
Historic investments in emerging farmers, staffing help for the Department of Agriculture’s international trade office and a new safety net for grain farmers are all part of the...
Trio wrongly imprisoned among those seeking relief via claims law
By Mike Cook
Each year, a joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims decides which claims against the state it should fund.
This year’s proposal calls for nearly $1.16 million in payments...
Week in Review: May 1-5
By HPIS Staff
This week brought the beginning of May, the home stretch of the legislative session and lots of hurry up and wait as conference committees work to find common ground.
Midnig...
Commerce conference committee strikes agreement, finishes work
By Tim Walker
In less than an hour Friday, the conference committee on the commerce finance and policy bill went from the “broad agreement” stage they had reached at their first meeting Wedne...
Constitutional amendment reauthorizing state lottery money for the environment could be on 2024 ballot
By Margaret Stevens
Three times in the past 35 years more than 70% of Minnesota voters approved constitutional amendments to spend lottery proceeds on environmental projects – most recently to reau...
House, Senate reach agreement on Legacy budget that includes Hmong cultural preservation
By Tessa Pieper
Lt. Tong Vang. Capt. Xia Nou. Lt. Neng Xiong. Capt. Ganghis Khang.
Wanting to honor otherwise unrecognized veterans from the secret war in Laos, Rep. Ethan Cha (DFL-Woodbury...
Taxes conference committee begins to hash out its differences
By Rob Hubbard
How big will your tax cut be? Or are you among those who will see an increase?
The conference committee comparing the omnibus tax bills will be determining that in the comin...
Commerce conference committee begins work, finds ‘broad agreement’
By Tim Walker
In his closing remarks to wrap up the first meeting of the conference committee on the omnibus commerce finance and policy bill Wednesday, Sen. Matt Klein (DFL-Mendota Heights) ...
Delivery fee, metro sales tax rate represent $350 million difference between omnibus transportation bills
By Margaret Stevens
As with anything big and complex — which is how Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) characterizes the omnibus transportation finance and policy bill he sponsors — the devil is in th...
Tuition free or frozen? Higher ed conference committee launches discussion
By Rob Hubbard
“Grab them by the budgets” is a phrase that Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr. (DFL-Winona) has been using since this session’s first meeting of the House Higher Education Finance and Poli...
Conference committee embarks on path to finalized state health budget
By Tessa Pieper
From Greater Minnesota to the Twin Cities, health impacts everyone across the state and whether the ultimate omnibus health and human services appropriations bill will help or h...
House passes paid family and medical leave bill
By Tim Walker
Boon or bane?
The paid family and medical leave bill is one or the other, depending on who’s opining about it.
Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) sponsors HF2 to...
Total spending, subminimum wage measure among items left to be sorted out as human services conferees begin work
By Tessa Pieper
The House wants to prohibit subminimum wages for people with disabilities, but the Senate doesn’t.
It is just one of many differences between the omnibus human services poli...
House, Senate differ on sales tax hike to fund housing aid as conference committee kicks off negotiations
By Tessa Pieper
Shake your Magic 8-ball and ask if the House and Senate will agree on a seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area sales tax.
“Ask again later.”
While the House included...
House passes omnibus labor policy bill likely destined for conference committee
By Steve Abrams
Significant changes to labor law could be around the corner for Minnesota workers — particularly unionized educators.
As amended to substitute the House language, HF1522/SF1...
