Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House Property Tax Division completes its work
By Rob Hubbard
If where you live has the word, “township,” in its name, aid from the state would increase. Small resorts could get a break on their property taxes. Seven Minnesota cities could...
Supplemental education finance bill would provide $33 million for READ Act
By Brian Basham
Public education received an appropriations increase of $2.26 billion, or 10.8% over base, in 2023.
Now, in a supplemental budget year, a wide-ranging education finance bill...
Week in Review: April 8-12
By HPIS Staff
It was a week when more major policy bills — public safety, elections and education — were passed by the House, which must mean conference committee season is right around the c...
Child mental health services could be covered by medical assistance
By Miranda Bryant
Children amid a mental health crisis who need care at a residential treatment facility have too often been left behind when it comes to medical benefits.
Sponsored by Rep. K...
Cities, counties could impose local sales taxes to fund certain infrastructure projects
By Mike Cook
Approving a potential local sales tax bump may no longer need legislative approval.
Sponsored by Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL-Mpls), HF5336 would let cities and counties impose loc...
Education policy bill — including proposed student cell phone policy — passes House; conference committee expected
By Brian Basham
After nearly four hours of House debate Thursday evening, the education policy bill is headed back to the Senate.
“This wide-ranging policy bill … picks up where last year’s...
House passes bill that calls for added protections for online ticket buyers
By Tim Walker
Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) certainly doesn’t like Ticketmaster.
She got burned by the ticket conglomerate when a promised code to ensure she could buy Taylor Swift ti...
State tax preparation would be free for most filers under bill heard in House
By Rob Hubbard
Individual income tax returns are due Monday, so perhaps you’ve recently used such tax preparation software as TurboTax or H&R Block.
What if the state did the same thing fo...
Bill proposes creation of Office of Homelessness and Housing Supports
By Miranda Bryant
Homelessness in Minnesota is not new, but a possible new way to prevent and respond to it is.
Sponsored by Rep. Heather Keeler (DFL-Moorhead), HF5200, as amended, would esta...
Improved soil, water and climate health goal of proposed farm payment program
By Margaret Stevens
In her third time before the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee to talk about nitrate contamination, Carrie Jennings likened soil and water health in southeast Minne...
Electric vehicle charging stations could be required in new residential projects
By Brian Basham
More and more electric vehicles are being driven on Minnesota roads each day, a trend that is only growing. Looking into the electrified future, the state will need more EV char...
Proposal would use state bonds to boost manufactured home development parks
By Miranda Bryant
(CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: Corrects attribution from Chris Sherman, president of Sherman Associates, to Rice County Commissioner Galen Malecha; clarifies that cooperatives do no...
MinnesotaCare expansion unlikely in 2024, key lawmaker says
By Miranda Bryant
The idea to expand MinnesotaCare with a “public option” so that more low-income Minnesotans could have affordable health coverage may be dead in the water this Legislative sessi...
Tax panel approves rent refund for child care centers
By Tim Walker
Homeowners and renters can apply to the state for partial property tax refunds.And if a child care center owns its own space, it can also get a property tax refund.
But a ch...
Defrauded homeowners could receive more from contractor recovery fund
By Brian Basham
Homeowners deceived by a licensed contractor could recover up to $25,000 more from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Contractor Recovery Fund if they have been the victim o...
