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House panel considers allowing MN secretary of state to use federal election safety funds without legislative approval

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Scholarships could be a tool to replenish shrinking paramedic pool

Emergency medical services are among things most people expect to be there when they need them. And, indeed, 90% of Minnesotans who called 911 in 2022 had someone on the scene i...

‘Retirement crisis’ looms in Minnesota, lawmaker says, and legislators seek a solution

As more Minnesotans get grayer, fewer are expected to be able to retire comfortably. It’s what Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville) calls a “retirement crisis.” A smal...


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