Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House lawmakers show bipartisan support for proposed warning labels on social media
By Lisa Kaczke
Tabbatha Urbanski planned her son’s 18th birthday celebration and funeral the same week.
Social media fueled his depression and was the avenue he used to connect with a drug...
Bill would expand power of MN attorney general's office to prosecute Medicaid fraud
By Todd Abeln
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the attorney general’s office has been one of the most successful units in the country.
A 2022 audit by the Federal Department of Health a...
Funding boost sought for early intervention program
By Todd Abeln
Lawmakers are looking to boost funding for a state program that supports local programs that work with youth and families.
The Minnesota Youth Intervention Program started i...
Bill proposes funding violent crime enforcement teams across state
By Tim Walker
Serving on city and county boards before being elected to the House, Rep. Wayne Johnson (R-Cottage Grove) saw firsthand how critical multi-agency task forces are in combating ga...
Minnesota students advocate for adding overdose response, prevention to health curriculum
By Lisa Kaczke
As the state creates new health curriculum standards this year, high school students want them to include how to prevent, recognize and respond to drug overdoses.
Telling st...
Legislature looks to crack down on repeat DWI offenders
By Rob Hubbard
Last Labor Day weekend, a drunken driver with a blood alcohol content four times Minnesota’s legal limit drove onto the patio of a popular St. Louis Park bar, killing two people...
Digital equity the objective of proposed state broadband office expansion
By Tim Walker
If you were to think about which areas of the state do not have access to high-speed internet, you might think of rural areas, where laying fiberoptic lines to homes in sparsely...
Elections panel considers tighter rules for handling absentee ballots
By Brian Basham
It is widely accepted that Minnesota voters, the Legislature and the secretary of state would all like to see elections in the state run with more ease, while still maintaining ...
Minnesota farmers could see a clean water tax break
By Rob Hubbard
Keep it clean.
That’s the idea behind the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program. And now efforts at keeping the water clean on the state’s farmland coul...
Stopgap funding proposed for local community television stations
By Todd Abeln
As more and more people cut the cord with their cable provider and move to streaming services, it’s not just affecting big media companies but also their local community televis...
Minnesota lawmakers target 'claim sharks' exploiting veterans
By Mike Cook
An assistant county veteran service officer in Goodhue County, Marissa LaCourt shared a story about an 87-year-old veteran she worked with and whose wife was in a care facility ...
House, Senate hearing recommends candidates to serve as U of M regents
By Todd Abeln
While the University of Minnesota athletic department is searching for a new men’s basketball coach, a joint meeting of the Senate Higher Education Committee and the House Highe...
Minnesota legislators consider new funding to stabilize funding for victims of crime
By Tim Walker
Since 1984, the federal government has had a crime victims fund seeded with money from fines and penalties from federal convictions. Dollars are doled out to states to support c...
Landlords could be required to warn tenants of nearby water hazards
By Margaret Stevens
Nearly half of children with autism tend to wander or bolt from safe settings, according to research cited by the National Autism Association. Many will seek out water.
Las...
Bill seeking to expand college grant program faces funding challenge
By Todd Abeln
With the goal of making higher education more accessible to everyone, a new scholarship program was presented to the House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee on Tuesd...
