The Office of Inspector General bill has exited the House.
The House passed HF1338/SF856* Thursday after it had stalled in committees for most of the 2026 session and a working group came together to create a bipartisan, bicameral agreement. It now heads to the Senate for concurrence.
Lawmakers also overwhelmingly approved HF3900 that would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to increase the annual distribution from the Permanent School Fund to increase funding for schools.
Bill packages advanced out of the chamber this week included workforce, labor, and economic development; elections; higher education; housing; and public safety.
Since 1862, Minnesota schools have benefited from funding distributed from the sale of land, timber and minerals on 2.5 million acres of land in the Permanent School Fund held b...
A 2025 law created state statute relating to the Veterans of the Secret War in Laos who served honorably with special guerrilla units or other irregular forces “in support of th...
The House Ethics Committee heard competing DFL and Republican complaints Friday alleging that two members left a committee meeting to drink at a St. Paul restaurant and ano...
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Bills were moving this week as the clock ticks down to the final day of the 2026 session.
After more than two months, the bill to create an Office...
A quarter of Minnesotans live in a homeowner association and 82% of new homes are in an HOA.
But state law hasn’t kept pace with the growing practice, which has led to the “...
Don’t call it an omnibus bill. It’s a policy package.
But whatever name one uses, the 81-page public safety policy bill, with its 91 sections and language from more than a d...
They’re calling it “The Take It Back Act.”
So said Rep. Patti Anderson (R-Dellwood) of HF5040, a bill she sponsors that, as amended, would impose a tax on a person or organi...
“Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to place a limit of two terms on the offices of governor and lieutenant governor beginning with candidates elected in 2026?”
Tha...
Rep. Ron Kresha (R-Little Falls) was ready to end the session March 25, making the motion to adjourn sine die. But not enough of his colleagues shared that sentiment, defeating ...
The projected surplus for Fiscal Years 2026-27 is now higher than it was in the November estimate, and no deficit is projected for the next biennium.
“Minnesota’s budge...