By Miranda Bryant
The very entities that rush to your aid during a medical crisis are in need of emergency care themselves.
Sponsored by Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora), HF3992, as amended, ...
By Margaret Stevens
Locally sourced food should be available to children wherever they eat. That’s the principle behind proposed legislation that would expand the Department of Agriculture’s Farm t...
By Brian Basham
A 2023 law is transforming the way reading is taught in Minnesota schools, but teachers need time, resources and funding to complete their training and implementation of the act...
By Tim Walker
On this first day of spring, we are reminded that at least in theory winter’s over and warmer temps are coming.
But for Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr. (DFL-Winona) it’s also time t...
By Rob Hubbard
If you’re a college student with a disability, what kind of assistance and accommodations you receive really depends upon where you’re entering or enrolled. State law requires e...
By Jonathan Mohr
State law requires anyone older than 2 months to be immunized to enroll in an elementary or secondary school, or a child care facility, unless they have an exemption for medical...
By Margaret Stevens
Before Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL-Mpls) could bring her now 2-year-old home from the neonatal intensive care unit, the baby needed to pass a car-seat test, ensuring he could...
By Mike Cook
State corrections officials routinely cite that 95% of Minnesota prisoners will eventually be released.
Odds are they return from where they came.
Rep. Esther Agbaje (DF...
By Miranda Bryant
If you’re a rural Minnesotan in need of a therapist or a professional to help you with substance abuse, you must first muster patience.
“We know people are waiting months to...
By Rob Hubbard
No amendments were proposed to HF3769 when it reached the House Floor on Monday. But it will likely lead to some amending. Amended tax returns, that is.
A drafting error in ...
By Tim Walker
Patients fighting cancer face mental and physical challenges to overcome an extremely stressful time of their lives, made that much worse if chemotherapy and radiotherapy regime...
By Jonathan Mohr
At its afternoon meeting, the House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee received a breakfast invitation Monday.
Richard Ward, the American Legion 5th ...
By Margaret Stevens
Legislators are often wary of a skunk in their midst, but the House Capital Investment Committee was absolutely charmed by Leia, a de-scented skunk who visited the Capitol Compl...
By HPIS Staff
Friday’s House hearings were the first of the 2024 legislative session, but they may only be a preview of what could be a very active schedule at the same time next week.
Th...
By Tim Walker
Criminologists have long demonstrated a link between cruelty toward animals and cruelty toward humans.
Rep. Matt Norris (DFL-Blaine) elaborated on that connection Friday wh...