Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House OKs bill asking voters to reauthorize lottery proceeds benefiting environmental trust fund
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesotans could be asked if they want to reauthorize a constitutional amendment allocating 40% of state lottery proceeds to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
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House passes agriculture finance, policy agreement with bipartisan support
By Margaret Stevens
Additional support for emerging farmers, provisions for farmer safety surrounding PFAS and meaningful protection for grain sellers are among the highlights of the commerce commi...
Public safety conference committee wraps up work with agreements on gun measures, no-knock warrant changes
By Tim Walker
After years of pushing for a change, supporters of a pair of gun-control measures could finally see their efforts come to fruition.
Included in the public safety and ju...
House OKs $819 million Legacy conference committee report
By Tessa Pieper
Protect. Enhance. Restore.
That’s what the omnibus Legacy finance bill intends to do for Minnesota’s environment, arts, and cultural heritage.
Sponsored by Rep. Leon Lil...
Higher education agreement features big funding bumps, free tuition for some students
By Rob Hubbard
What’s the key to reversing enrollment declines at almost every public college and university in Minnesota? Is cost keeping students away?
If it is, then the higher edu...
Aim is to finish session by end of next week, House majority leader says
By Mike Cook
A motion traditionally made in the final week of the legislative session could give hope for an early finish.
Via a party-line vote, the House Rules and Legislative Administ...
House OKs beefed-up state oversight of proposed health care sales, mergers
By Tim Walker
(CORRECTION: The original post said the Health Department, in consultation with the attorney general would prohibt a transaction. It is the Office of the Attornety General with ...
House passes veterans, military affairs conference committee report
By Jonathan Mohr
New veterans homes in Bemidji, Montevideo and Preston scheduled to open this summer would receive $20 million under one provision of the omnibus veterans and military affairs fi...
House passes $1 billion investment in housing, including increased metro sales tax
By Tessa Pieper
From homeless people to renters to wannabe-homeowners, help is likely forthcoming.
The conference committee agreement on the omnibus housing finance bill passed the House 70...
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...
