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House passes overdose education bill with bipartisan support
By Brian Basham
Minnesota students attending a Changemakers Forum in November 2024 identified overdose prevention education as their top legislative priority.
He sponsors HF2023 that would require education on cannabis use and substance abuse in grades six through 12 to include overdose recognition, prevention and response education. It was passed 133-0 by the House Wednesday and sent to the Senate.
“This is really important considering the amount of substance abuse and, in particular, overdose deaths our state and our country has seen,” he said. “It’s grim and it’s only increasing.”
Sixty-seven Minnesotans died of suspected overdoses in February 2025, according to the Department of Health. West said 87,000 Americans died of an overdose in 2024.
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Standoff over hourly, temporary school worker benefits could imperil education funding bill
By Brian Basham
An incomplete grade appears likely when it comes to the already late omnibus education finance bill. A proposal has been introduced more than two weeks past the committee deadli...
Week in Review: April 21-25
By Lisa Kaczke
Coming back from a weeklong Easter/Passover break, work picked up in the House this week as the May 19 constitutional deadline to finish session inches closer.
The House Way...
Bipartisan public safety policy package clears House
By Tim Walker
Much of the focus this week has been on multi-million or multi-billion dollar omnibus budget bills, prompting political pundits to opine on the impact the House’s 67-67 tie is h...
House lawmakers OK $3.7 billion public safety, judiciary budget bill
By Tim Walker
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) characterized the $3.66 billion omnibus public safety and judiciary budget bill as a bipartisan effort that funds critical government operation...
House passes $777 million omnibus Legacy finance bill
By Todd Abeln This year’s omnibus legacy bill does what it has traditionally done by appropriating money to four funds mentioned in the Legacy Amendment. How some of that money would get ...House OKs $172 million 'people-focused' agriculture finance bill
By Tim Walker
If you’re the type to keep score, take note that the omnibus agriculture and broadband finance bill is the first omnibus budget bill to pass off the House Floor this session.
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Energy omnibus bill grows in House Ways and Means Committee
By Rob Hubbard Considering that one of the chief responsibilities of the House Energy Finance and Policy Committee is to create legislation that will keep your lights on, it’s appropriate that...Walz's State of the State address lays out priorities, slams D.C. 'chaos'
By Rob Hubbard
Gov. Tim Walz may have been seeking a job in Washington, D.C., during last year’s election, but he seems happy to have landed back in the position he’s held for more than six ye...
House speaker sees sticking points in budget negotiations, remains optimistic
By Rob Hubbard
House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) is looking for some unity, and she believes the Legislature and Gov. Tim Walz can find it.
Speaking after Tuesday’s House floor ses...
Combined public safety, judiciary budget bill heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
The session’s second omnibus budget bill heading to the House Floor is a twofer.
The House Ways and Means Committee merged the House judiciary and public safety finance budg...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs House budget resolution
By Mike Cook
Total net General Fund expenditures in the 2026-27 biennium will not exceed a hair less than $66.62 billion.
That is the budget resolution approved Tuesday by the House Ways...
Minnesota's budget outlook worsens in both near, long term
By Rob Hubbard
It looks as if those calling for less state spending could get their wish, judging from Thursday’s release of the February 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast.
A state su...
