Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Skol! MN drivers could show support for local teams with new specialty plates
By Margaret Stevens
Fans of Minnesota’s six professional teams might be able to carry the team logo when they hit the road with a special license plate showing a contribution to the team’s philanth...
Proposal would pick up the tab for more than a million prepared meals
By Jonathan Mohr
Each Thursday, 900 ready-to-eat meals are prepared for students at the University of Minnesota experiencing food insecurity. Those meals typically run out in less than an hour.
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MPCA could sniff out issues with objectionable odors, take action under proposed legislation
By Margaret Stevens
Whether it comes from malting wheat, smoking ham, rendering animals or making paper, Minnesotans across the state can describe a smell peculiar to their hometown.
For some i...
Helping Black households exchange leases for mortgages the goal of House bill
By Tessa Pieper
About three out of four Black households rent. The reverse is true for white households.
HF918 intends to close this racial gap in homeownership.
“Owning a home addresse...
Legislation proposes pair of new protections for used vehicle buyers
By Tim Walker
Buying a used car can be like rolling the dice. You may get lucky, or you may crap out.
Minnesota’s consumer protection laws can lower the odds that you will get stuck with ...
Legislators consider expanding energy assistance program for low-income Minnesotans
By Rob Hubbard
When the mercury plummets and energy prices rise, that can be a dangerous divergence for those living in low-income households. But the same is true for when temperatures soar i...
Economic development panel approves measure to revive Angel Tax Credit
By Tim Walker
The Angel Tax Credit gave generous tax breaks to people who invested in early-stage Minnesota businesses with the hope that such investments would help a startup company grow in...
Lawmakers hear grant proposal to fund 400 future teachers
By Steve Abrams
How can Minnesota’s K-12 schools best recruit and retain teachers, especially teachers of color?
One potential answer is HF1138 that would institute a teacher residency gran...
Public educational radio stations look to dial in key state support
By Tessa Pieper
Video killed neither the radio star nor their funding.
Sponsored by Rep. Cedrick Frazier (DFL-New Hope), HF1408 would appropriate $3.9 million over the 2024-25 biennium from...
U of M, small towns could team up for sustainable infrastructure project development
By Steve Abrams
The University of Minnesota could partner with small communities across Minnesota to further efforts in developing sustainable infrastructure.
That’s the idea behind HF2499,...
Funding boost sought for program helping people with significant disabilities find employment
By Tim Walker
Herman Gordon has had a tough life.
Sexually abused as a boy, an undiagnosed mental illness not dealt with until he was in his 40s, and substance abuse for decades.
But ...
DFLer seeks ‘true early voting’ with elections bill heard in House
By Mike Cook
Minnesotans wanting to cast a ballot before Election Day can currently do so via an absentee ballot through the mail or they can vote early in person with an absentee ballot.
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Bill sponsor says language would add clarity to Minnesota Human Rights Act on gender identity discrimination
By Tim Walker
Words matter.
And how words are defined in the law matters even more as they determine how laws are interpreted.
For that reason, Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-St. Paul) sponsor...
Lawmakers hear House DFL’s proposed policy overhaul of Minnesota K-12 schools
By Steve Abrams
Exactly one month ago, the Department of Education presented Gov. Tim Walz’s recommended policy changes to the state’s K-12 education system.
Now it is time for the House to...
Lawmakers consider millions for grant programs targeting Minnesota’s housing shortage
By Tessa Pieper
Legislators have heard time and time again throughout the session that Minnesota has a systemic undersupply of housing.
To encourage the development of land and buildings fo...
