Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Bill proposes fines, state teams to fix mental health assessment delays
By Todd Abeln
To get the mental health services needed many times an assessment is required. However, a requirement timeline to get one is often not met.
According to the Department of Hu...
Tribute to House’s longest-serving female member proposed with grant program name change
By Brian Basham
Rep. Mary Murphy was the longest serving woman in the history of the House.
Representing her district near Duluth from 1977 to 2023, the DFLer from Hermantown championed the...
House leaders release committee budget targets
By Mike Cook
With all session committee deadlines less than two weeks away, House leaders announced an agreement Saturday on committee finance targets while crafting a spending plan for...
Week in Review March 24-28
By Lisa Kaczke
With little fanfare happening on the House Floor this week, the focus was on committees as the first two deadlines to approve bills looms next week.
The House Education Fina...
Panel hears governor’s proposal to cut $685 million from education budget over next four years
By Brian Basham
Cuts in education spending may be inevitable in the coming years as Minnesota faces a projected nearly $6 billion budget deficit in the 2028-29 biennium.
Education Commissio...
Research on controlling invasive species among projects in $103 million environmental trust fund bill
By Tim Walker
If you play the lottery, you hope you’ll be one of the rare lucky ones who win big, but odds are you will not.
But you can at least be philosophical about it and tell yourse...
House bill could boost state's green ammonia industry
By Rob Hubbard
What’s “green ammonia”?
Well, it’s not the color of the compound. In fact, that combination of one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen is actually a colorless gas. Colorl...
House legislators push for mandatory child care center video surveillance
By Tim Walker
Rep. Nolan West (R-Blaine) shares a very personal and very sad connection with some testifiers he brought to the State Capitol Thursday.
Janice DeGonda shared the story of h...
Omnibus liquor bill includes provision allowing 17-year-olds to serve alcohol in restaurants
By Lisa Kaczke
A proposal that would allow 17-year-olds to serve liquor, to help restaurants facing worker shortages, has made it through the committee process.
Sponsored by Rep. Tim O’Dri...
Bill would correct wording in law, ensure visitation rights for nursing home residents
By Todd Abeln
During COVID, restrictions were put in place for visiting family members in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other health care areas.
A 2024 law prev...
Lawmakers propose maintaining increased funding level for entrepreneurs support program
By Margaret Stevens
A small events center, a 500-head goat farm, and a day care center tailored to children with autism are among the small businesses recently launched in Minnesota. While these en...
Bills permitting new drone uses for law enforcement draws privacy concerns
By Tim Walker
New rules for overseeing public safety from aloft could be forthcoming.
A bill to expand the conditions under which police can legally use drones was approved Wednesday, aft...
Minnesota's child care regulations in need of game-changing overhaul, House lawmaker says
By Todd Abeln
People who work in child care say that licensing requirements and practices in Minnesota need an overhaul.
As amended, HF2617 takes a run at that overhaul.
Laid over Wed...
Bill aims to limit costly, time-intensive data requests to schools
By Brian Basham
Owatonna Public Schools has been overwhelmed the past three years with a large public data request, costing the district more than $400,000 and taking resources away from t...
Digital driver's licenses? House lawmakers consider bill to put IDs on your smartphone
By Rob Hubbard
We used to call them smartphones, but they’ve gotten so smart that phone calls seem to be way down on the list of their most frequent uses. So why not add the role of a driver’s...
