By Mike Cook
Maybe an hour after many committee members had likely enjoyed breakfast or an early-morning cup of caffeine, Rep. Sydney Jordan (DFL-Mpls) may have made some stomachs a bit quea...
By Margaret Stevens
Kadin Huntley was riding with his brother on an unfamiliar road in Renville County in August 2022 when they missed a stop sign, went through an intersection, and their vehicle w...
By Jonathan Mohr
A child care provider in Mountain Iron needs $600 to repair a refrigerator that’s a few degrees too warm. A provider in Duluth seeks a little help to add tile flooring as a heal...
By Tim Walker
No doubt Minnesota’s medical cannabis program provides relief for many people, but it can also sometimes be too expensive for the people who use it to treat or cope with debilit...
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
By HPIS Staff
It wasn’t a mad rush, but the pace of activity certainly picked up this week with several committees adding extra time, or extra meetings, as they worked to beat the session’s f...
By Tim Walker
The Department of Commerce oversees more than 40 industry areas in Minnesota and licenses more than 250,000 professionals and businesses to ensure their services and products ar...
By Tim Walker
A public safety policy bill receiving committee approval Friday would have a very wide reach, from requiring private companies transporting prisoners to be licensed to prohibiti...
By Margaret Stevens
Bottle deposits and plastic waste reduction programs are not advancing to the House Floor. At least not yet.
House members may end up voting on those issues this year, but t...
By Brian Basham
Some things changed; some things stayed the same in the education policy bill.
The House Education Policy Committee approved HF3782, as replaced by a delete-all amendment an...
By Miranda Bryant
A major health policy bill was met with approval Thursday.
Sponsored by Rep. Tina Liebling, (DFL-Rochester), HF4247, as amended, speaks to the scope of practice and licensin...
By Brian Basham
Many aspiring teachers say the biggest barrier to attaining their license is the student teaching experience, which can mean relocating to a new community for 12 weeks with no p...
By Mike Cook
Furthering local control is a key component to a potential change in how residents elect their city leaders.
Sponsored by Rep. Emma Greenman (DFL-Mpls), HF4904 would permit ...
By Tim Walker
With halting breath, Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL-Burnsville) spoke about the Feb. 18 shooting in her hometown when a man used two AR-15-style firearms to kill three local first respond...
By Margaret Stevens
Planes, trains and automobiles all fall under the jurisdiction of the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee. And so could flying cars.
Provisions that would allo...