Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Lawmakers unveil compromise nurse staffing bill that includes Mayo Clinic carve-out
By Tessa Pieper
Nurses are demanding safer working conditions. But hospitals have objected to a proposed solution — most prominently the Mayo Clinic, which campaigned successfully to receive an...
House repasses environment, energy bill that supporters call ‘most significant in Minnesota history’
By Margaret Stevens
For the past few sessions, DFL-sponsored environment and climate and energy bills have consistently carried many of the same provisions. This year, with an estimated $17.5 billi...
House, Senate cut $3 billion tax deal that includes money back to taxpayers
By Rob Hubbard
The checks are not quite in the mail, but they will be coming. And, if you make under a certain income, you can count on tax credits for each child in the household, getting a h...
House tables proposed regulations of Uber and Lyft after evening debate
By Steve Abrams
Uber and Lyft have supplanted taxis over the last decade. The convenience and reliability offered by rideshare apps has made them the preferred choice of many Minnesotans every ...
House lawmakers repass paid family and medical leave legislation
By Tim Walker
“The need to care for ourselves is universal,” says Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights).
She said that’s the impetus for the paid family and medical leave bill that w...
Conference committee agreement with consumer protections, anti-price gouging provisions headed to governor
By Tim Walker
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) could barely contain his excitement.
“This is a phenomenal bill that we can all be very proud of. It achieves things that have been lo...
Human services conferees drops subminimum wage prohibition as part of $14 billion agreement
By Tessa Pieper
(CORRECTION: The orginal story had Rep. Jeff Backer on the conference committee. It was Rep. Dave Baker.)
Five meetings. One agreement.
Conferees settled disputes on th...
Energy programs could get a charge out of conference committee report
By Rob Hubbard
Remember that Apple ad campaign that repeatedly said, “There’s an app for that?” Well, if you’re wondering what part you can play in slowing climate change, the climate and ener...
House sends $1.37 billion jobs spending package to governor's desk
By Steve Abrams
UPDATED -- 11:47 p.m.
Minnesota’s economy is still in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. There are over 200,000 job openings. And workers are striving for safer workplaces...
House passes K-12 education bill that features $2.2 billion funding boost, contentious policy changes
By Steve Abrams
The education finance and policy agreement returned from conference committee has House DFLers ecstatic.
“With this proposal, we make historic investments in our schools,” s...
Cannabis legalization conferees agree to 10% sales tax; House Floor next stop as supporters seek green votes
By Tim Walker
Don’t light up a spliff just yet, but odds you could enjoy a legal joint by this summer got higher Tuesday.
All you need now are two affirmative votes and a pen stroke.
...
Public safety package containing pair of gun-control measures headed to governor’s desk
By Tim Walker
Two gun-control measures that proponents have been seeking for years are on their way to the governor’s desk.
Gov. Tim Walz has previously expressed support for the cha...
Commerce conference committee adopts agreement on budget, policy bill
By Tim Walker
Reminiscent of the scene in “The Princess Bride” where Billy Crystal’s character says the body lying in front of him is “mostly dead” — a House conference committee that declare...
House repasses early education finance bill
By Jonathan Mohr
It took two tries, but a major increase in state aid for child care and early education programs is now likely as the House repassed the early childhood finance bill Monday.
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Paid family, medical leave conferees agree to delayed start, reduced maximum length of benefits
By Tim Walker
Supporters of paid family and medical leave were ecstatic when the House and Senate passed their respective bills earlier this month.
But their enthusiasm may be tempered a ...
