Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Improved training for identifying signs of child maltreatment, abuse goal of House bill
By Todd Abeln
In 2022, there were 80,000 reports of potential child maltreatment made across Minnesota counties with 80% of those reports originating from mandated reporters.
To better tr...
Legislation aims to clear voter confusion over election mailings
By Brian Basham
During an election cycle, voters can be inundated with mailed absentee ballot applications, voter registration forms and sample ballots from many different parties, official and...
Avian flu surge, other issues prompts call for more emergency agriculture funding
By Tim Walker
Even if you don’t keep farmer’s hours and watch AgDay airing in the early, early morning on rural TV stations, you probably know there are serious issues affecting agriculture i...
House committee digs into who should pay for care evaluation coverage
By Todd Abeln
A health care evaluation is an in-person evaluation to develop, update or review a Medical Assistance recipient's plan of care for home care services, except personal care assis...
Lawmakers consider funding for culinary career prep in schools
By Margaret Stevens
One hour to prepare a three-course meal without electricity or running water, judged by restaurateurs? The ProStart Invitational transforms high school students into culinary st...
House GOP bill would shift emergency authority from governor to Legislature
By Mike Cook
Minnesota’s top elected official has the authority to declare a peacetime or national security emergency. When an emergency is in effect, the governor can exercise certain power...
Bill seeks to ban transgender inmates from state women’s prison
By Lisa Kaczke
The question of where transgender inmates should be incarcerated in Minnesota’s prison system was before lawmakers Tuesday.
Of the 8,300 people behind bars in the state syst...
Lawmakers seek solutions to high child care costs in Minnesota
By Todd Abeln
Everybody agrees that child care in Minnesota is too expensive, but harmony does not exist on how to lower costs.
Do you throw money at the problem with grants and tax break...
Proposed tax credit for construction materials aimed at boosting Minnesota homebuilding
By Margaret Stevens
Members of the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee have said more than once that it will take every tool in the toolbox to alleviate the state’s shortage of affordable ho...
Minnesota tutoring tax credit plagued by fraud, bill sponsor says
By Brian Basham
A 2023 law allows parents to use their tax returns to pay for educational tutoring for their children, but some bad actors are defrauding the state and parents of those funds wh...
House bill seeks to expand 'carbon-free' energy definition to include burning wood waste
By Rob Hubbard
Everyone agrees that waste wood can be used to create energy. Be it branches, twigs and treetops from the forest floor or discarded pieces from a lumber or paper mill, that wood...
Coalition pushes legislation targeting waste left on Minnesota's frozen lakes
By Mike Cook
In the southern two-thirds of Minnesota fish houses must be off frozen waters by March 3. St. Patrick’s Day is the deadline in rest of the state.
And don’t forget to take yo...
Minnesota Zoo seeks state funds for upgraded animal care facility
By Brian Basham
Nimbus and Pepper are not your typical committee testifiers.
Yet, both appeared before lawmakers Tuesday to help make the case for a new animal hospital at the Minnesota Zoo...
Bill would offer Minnesota companies different way of earning research tax credit
By Rob Hubbard
There’s currently much talk at the Capitol about the interaction between our state and federal governments. But there’s at least one area where Minnesota’s been moving closer to...
Program seeks $1.5 million to help bridge health care workforce gap
By Margaret Stevens
One industry with consistent job openings is health care, with roles like certified nursing assistants, phlebotomists and registered nurses always in demand.
However, someon...
