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Bonding committee unveils $980 million capital investment proposal

Money for asset preservation, infrastructure projects and public housing are included in a $980 million capital investment proposal. The House Capital Investment Committee h...

Week in Review: April 22-26

Members got back to work after a Passover break this week that meant official House business didn’t begin until Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a fl...

Transportation policy bill flies through conference committee

Flying cars could be able to drive legally on Minnesota roads in the not-so-distant future following action by a conference committee Thursday. Provisions allowing registrat...

Labor, industry conferees begin work on striking agreement

With only a few major differences between House and Senate language in the labor and industry policy bills, HF3947/SF3852*, conferees walked through side-by-sides and began disc...

With finish line in mind, ways and means committee melds eight supplemental spending bills into three

There was a lot of merging traffic at Thursday’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing. With less than four weeks remaining in the 2024 session, the agenda was designe...

House workforce panel approves proposed updates to paid leave law

It’s been nearly a year since the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act became law, and officials from the department in charge of implementing it are asking for changes to help man...

Bill to update law around family court proceedings about ‘what’s best for the kids’

Corporations have mission statements defining its business, objectives, and how it will reach those goals. The state may create something like a mission statement to guide f...

House passes protections for renters embroiled in utility disputes

If you’re a renter, how you pay for your power, heat and water can be problematic if your landlord does the billing instead of the utilities. There have been instances in wh...

Education policy conference committee lays out differences in House, Senate bills

With a laundry list of differences, the education policy conference committee met Wednesday to walk-through the differences between the House and Senate bills. Largely, the ...

Northern MN helium discovery prompts proposed regulatory framework for gas, oil production

Perhaps best known for filling party balloons and causing Mickey Mouse voices, helium is a critical element for many industries ranging from semiconductors to fiber optic cables...

Week in Review: April 15-19

A look back at what happened in the Minnesota House of Representatives the week of April 15-19.

House Taxes Committee sends its final bill onward

While the 2023 tax law was mostly about targeted tax relief for lower earners and higher tax rates for those at the other end of the income spectrum, the product of this year’s ...

Health panel approves supplemental budget bill; next stop, ways and means

The House Health Finance and Policy Committee passed a $43 million supplemental health budget bill Friday on a party-line vote. Sponsored by Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL-Rocheste...

House panel OK’s finance bill that sponsor says aims to tackle a Minnesota ‘workforce in crisis’

Legislation to distribute $16.75 million in onetime fiscal year 2025 funding among more than 40 organizations and municipalities for job training programs and other workforce de...

House passes cannabis legislation aiming to speed up retail sales

Last summer, it became legal for adults to possess cannabis and grow cannabis plants for personal, recreational use. But buying cannabis legally at a licensed retail busines...


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