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House bill to toughen gun storage laws clears public safety panel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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...


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