Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House lawmakers hear appeal to significantly hike spending on school safety
By Steve Abrams
Keeping students safe and sound while in school costs money. School resource officers, school security measures, and mental health counseling services are in high demand across ...
Minnesota’s hotels could get a boost from tourism improvement districts
By Rob Hubbard
Christy Loy’s life as a Minnesotan got off to quite a memorable start.
“I moved here to Minnesota in 2020,” she told the House Property Tax Division Friday. “March 2 was my ...
Ride the rails from Minneapolis to Duluth? House panel considers $194 million for Northern Lights Express
By Margaret Stevens
Supporters of the Northern Lights Express painted pictures of the potential new rail service riders: veterans traveling south for treatment at the VA hospital, tourists headed t...
Lawmaker proposes help to locate public land survey monuments
By Mike Cook
Public land survey monuments are the basis of all property descriptions and infrastructure siting in the state along with serving as a basis for accurate digital geospatial data...
House panel advances proposal to tackle wage theft in construction industry
By Steve Abrams
During the 2019 special session, the Legislature passed a strict wage theft law, making the practice a felony.
However, in the view of Rep. Sandra Feist (DFL-New Brighton), ...
Bill to ban price gouging during public emergencies clears House
By Tim Walker
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) has no love for retailers who jack up prices of essential goods and services during public emergencies.
They are preying on people whe...
House passes bill to close loophole in MN's ‘Peeping Tom’ law
By Tim Walker
Since 1979, Minnesota has had a “Peeping Tom” law that criminalizes entering someone’s property to gaze on someone or to record images “through the window or any other aperture”...
House lawmakers OK over $200 million for homeless services in ‘Pathway Home Act’
By Tessa Pieper
In early February, the Department of Transportation cleared a Minneapolis homeless encampment at the same time as lawmakers stood on the Capitol steps and urged passage of the s...
Bill offering assistance to small meat processors could fix a weak link in food chain
By Margaret Stevens
Small and medium size meat processors are struggling to keep up with demand.
A report from the Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture states: “There is a distinct bo...
Bill seeks $75 million to help preserve Ramsey County’s homeless prevention efforts
By Tessa Pieper
Ramsey County is often held up as a model of how to address homelessness with its Heading Home Ramsey continuum of care program.
But such a model comes with greater upfront ...
Prescription drug carve-out seeks to save rural pharmacies at risk of closure
By Tessa Pieper
Life is priceless, but your prescription drugs aren’t.
And for many pharmacies, costs are higher than reimbursement payments.
To change this, HF1752 would require the De...
Legislation would alter practices in MN’s juvenile detention centers
By Tim Walker
“Protecting the rights of children who are detained is imperative to maintaining the integrity of our state’s values,” Ta’Mara Hill told the House Public Safety Finance and Poli...
As public safety concerns mount, lawmakers consider measures to put Metro Transit back on track
By Margaret Stevens
An elevator shaft used as a needle repository, open drug use on trains, deadly violence at stations – safety issues around Metro Transit have been well documented. And while mos...
‘Ban the box’ prohibition could be extended to board, commission appointments
By Mike Cook
Nearly all employers are currently prohibited from inquiring into or considering the criminal record of an applicant until that candidate has been selected for an interview or a...
Stuck in neutral at legislature for years, MN’s Equal Rights Amendment supporters push again for passage
By Mike Cook
There were more than a few group photos taken Thursday morning. Many of those in the frame sported green buttons that said ERA YES.
Grins were sizable after the House State ...
