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Wide-ranging human services supplemental budget bill clears House panel

People experiencing or facing imminent homelessness. Prisoners preparing to re-enter the community. The elderly. All would benefit from the human services supplemental budge...

Health supplemental budget bill grows to $43 million through reappropriations, additional resources

Mental health service provisions, pharmacy service expansion, and insurance reimbursements for prosthetics and orthotics are coming out on top despite a relatively small health ...

Committee OKs agriculture bill funding nitrate treatment, allowing fertilizer research council to sunset

When session ended last year, House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee Chair Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center) had a goal: keep whole the Agricultural Growth, Resea...

Labor committee advances supplemental finance bill

A supplemental budget bill that would appropriate more than $9.57 million from the General Fund in fiscal year 2025, was approved by the House Labor and Industry Finance and Pol...

Committee OK’s transportation policy, budget bill

The respect Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) has garnered literally filled a room Thursday as the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee took a short break to honor th...

Repeal of ban on plastic bag ordinances, limited spending included in state and local government bill that clears committee

Paper or plastic may not be a bagging option. Healthier food choices at the seat of state government may be forthcoming. And local capital investment requests may need to come w...

Judiciary panel advances $36 million bill to boost pay, expand restorative justice programs

Courthouse security, both physical and in cyberspace, plus pay boosts for courtroom interpreters and those who do mental health examinations in civil commitment and criminal pro...

Panel approves higher education finance bill with help for students who’ve experienced foster care

It’s been a pretty quiet session in the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, but there were a few days of tumult. The crux of the conflict was that a relativ...

Children and families budget bill gets go-ahead from House panel

The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee approved its comprehensive supplemental budget bill Thursday that includes funding to fix an antiquated system used ...

Economic panel approves $10.22 million supplemental finance bill

Two major sporting events, film production programs, and several economic development programs focusing on marginalized communities are slated to be the beneficiaries of a $10.2...

Housing panel approves supplemental finance bill

Focusing on housing stability, a $10 million supplemental budget bump for housing cleared its inaugural committee. HF4194, as amended, was approved by the House Housing Fina...

Split vote sends budget, policy bill out of environment committee

Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul) doesn’t expect everyone will agree on every aspect of a fairly comprehensive finance and policy bill approved Wednesday by the House Enviro...

Climate and energy committee bill surges forward

In 2023, Minnesota resolved to use nothing but carbon-free sources of electricity by the year 2040. This year, the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee prioriti...

Commerce finance bill focuses on cannabis, insurance fraud

Because this is not a budget year for the Legislature, any finance bills introduced are usually relatively slim. In other words, there are no thousand-page “omnibus” bills i...

Panel takes up 2024 edition of House tax bill

Seeing as Monday was April 15, perhaps the last thing you want to talk about right now is taxes. But getting ready for next year’s filing period is what the 2024 House tax bill ...


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