Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
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Week in Review: Feb. 17-21
By Lisa Kaczke
Things are picking up in the House.
Lawmakers debated, rejected and tabled their first bill on the House Floor this week. HF20 would make data collected by the attorney gene...
House debates, rejects then tables bill to change data disclosures of AG office
By Tim Walker
There was plenty of parliamentary drama as the House took up its first bill of the session Thursday and then tabled it after about a 90-minute debate.
The bill regarding dat...
Energy committee sends proposed solar metering changes to House Floor
By Rob Hubbard
If you have solar panels on your home, barn or business that are hooked up to your local investor-owned, municipal or cooperative utility, you’re both a producer and a consumer ...
U of M officials outline requested $235 million budget increase
By Todd Abeln
Every biennium, University of Minnesota officials come before the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee with a budget request. How they present this year’s request...
Minnesota's senior anglers could hook discounted fishing license fees
By Tim Walker
Two lawmakers tested the waters Thursday for giving some anglers a break on licensing fees they must pay to drop a line into Minnesota’s rivers, lakes and streams.
Rep. Mary...
Corrections department seeks $58 million to address safety, other needs at Rush City prison
By Brian Basham
Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell has safety and programming concerns at the Rush City facility.
Schnell said the facility is “warehousing” about 1,000 prisoners, twice ...
Critics warn of safety compromises as broadband bill advances
By Margaret Stevens
Depending on your perspective, a bill approved Thursday would either remove unnecessary roadblocks to expanding broadband across the state or water down standards that ensure pe...
Free speech concerns raised over MN civil rights data collection
By Tim Walker
A 2023 law gave the Department of Human Rights authority to collect and analyze civil rights trends, “including information compiled from community organizations that work direc...
Bill aims to defray costs of new health insurance mandates
By Lisa Kaczke
State mandates requiring health insurance providers cover certain medical expenses to help people, but they come with a cost.
It can be particularly challenging for small bu...
Bipartisan proposal would provide $5 million for infrastructure grant program
By Margaret Stevens
Bipartisanship raised its perhaps not-so-ugly head Thursday in the form of an economic development bill.
Sponsored by Rep. Pete Johnson (DFL-Duluth), HF335 would appropriate...
House education panel approves bill to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports
By Brian Basham
A mile or so away from the State Capitol, the state high school girls’ hockey tournament got underway Wednesday.
Up the hill, lawmakers were having an off-ice battle ov...
Stiffer fines, more jail time for fleeing police under bill that clears public safety panel
By Tim Walker
High-speed pursuits are dangerous for everyone involved: an offender speeding away in a vehicle, a peace officer in pursuit, and bystanders in the wrong place at the wrong time....
Minnesota charities push effort to roll back e-pull tab restrictions
By Mike Cook
A February 2023 ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals led to a law later that year to prohibit “open-all” electronic pull tabs.
Native American tribal representatives arg...
Bill seeks funding to expand equine therapy for first responders
By Margaret Stevens
During his first therapy session with a retired thoroughbred, Lakeville police officer Nick Jacobson was told: “You can lie to a therapist, but you can never lie to a horse.”
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Veterans’ groups push for bill to use more gambling proceeds for infrastructure
By Mike Cook
Between 2019 and 2021 the Buffalo American Legion Post underwent a “massive capital improvement project.”
The $400,000 project improved a dated event hall, fixed “almost unu...
