Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House bill to toughen gun storage laws clears public safety panel
By Tim Walker
Michael Brasel was murdered with a stolen gun.
The gun that ended his life on May 6, 2023, in St. Paul’s Saint Anthony Park neighborhood belonged to one of the killer’s fami...
Legislators seek to double funding, number of schools served in BARR education program
By Brian Basham
When school administrators see a successful education model, they want to continue, expand and share that program.
Minnesota aims to do that with BARR — Building Assets, Red...
Traffic safety camera bill wins approval in transportation committee
By Margaret Stevens
Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL-Mpls) sometimes thinks society has an abusive relationship with cars.
“We accept a lot of terrible things that come from cars that we would no...
Legislation seeks to broaden access to school-based child care
By Jonathan Mohr
For families with young children, school-based programs can provide a convenient method of quality child care. Operated as part of the school district’s community education prog...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months.
On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...
More legal options proposed for renters when a promised unit isn’t ready
By Tim Walker
Imagine pulling up to your new apartment building with a car or rental trailer full of your possessions, eager to move in only to be told the residence is not ready and you need...
House education committee hears Walz policy bill that would bar book bans in Minnesota public schools, libraries
By Brian Basham
At a time when many states and local school boards are passing laws to restrict students’ access to library books, Minnesota wants to go the opposite direction.
Book ba...
Big bump in buffer penalties could be coming under bill that clears environment committee
By Margaret Stevens
Passed in 2015, Minnesota’s buffer law requiring perennial vegetation in lands bordering water was called Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature clean water legislation.
It’s undergon...
Bill could boost technologies that relieve electric grid congestion — but some question need for mandate
By Rob Hubbard
Should your electric utility get a GET?
That’s the industry term for “grid-enhancing technologies.” They’re hardware or software technologies that allow for expanded capacit...
Bill proposes change to family residential service rate in effort to maintain care
By Mike Cook
Home-based adult foster care providers often operate on slim margins for what is a 24/7/365 job. Any funding reduction could have a devastating effect.
Without revising a 20...
Caregivers could gain more access to respites under panel-approved bill
By Rob Hubbard
Everyone needs a break sometimes. That’s especially true if you’re a caregiver for a child with a disability who requires a lot of assistance with the tasks of everyday living.
...
House commerce panel advances bill to limit aerosols used in ‘huffing’
By Tim Walker
Sitting at the testifier’s table, Katie O’Meara wore a shirt that showed her son smiling.
It’s how she’d like to remember him.
“I can’t save Tommy now, but I can help sa...
Lawmakers consider new reporting requirements for VA grants
By Jonathan Mohr
A measure to better ensure grants given by the Department of Veterans Affairs are used most effectively was held over Monday by the House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance a...
Invasive species center among projects included in nearly $80 million environmental trust fund bill
By Margaret Stevens
Describing the hundreds of projects funded annually by the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul) summarized, “Your lottery dollars ...
Week in Review: Feb. 19-23
By HPIS Staff
One week from today it will be March. One month from today is the first committee deadline. And with the February 2024 Budget and Economic Forecast scheduled to be released Wedn...
