Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
House passes bill to close loophole in MN's ‘Peeping Tom’ law
By Tim Walker
Since 1979, Minnesota has had a “Peeping Tom” law that criminalizes entering someone’s property to gaze on someone or to record images “through the window or any other aperture”...
House lawmakers OK over $200 million for homeless services in ‘Pathway Home Act’
By Tessa Pieper
In early February, the Department of Transportation cleared a Minneapolis homeless encampment at the same time as lawmakers stood on the Capitol steps and urged passage of the s...
Bill offering assistance to small meat processors could fix a weak link in food chain
By Margaret Stevens
Small and medium size meat processors are struggling to keep up with demand.
A report from the Minnesota Institute of Sustainable Agriculture states: “There is a distinct bo...
Bill seeks $75 million to help preserve Ramsey County’s homeless prevention efforts
By Tessa Pieper
Ramsey County is often held up as a model of how to address homelessness with its Heading Home Ramsey continuum of care program.
But such a model comes with greater upfront ...
Prescription drug carve-out seeks to save rural pharmacies at risk of closure
By Tessa Pieper
Life is priceless, but your prescription drugs aren’t.
And for many pharmacies, costs are higher than reimbursement payments.
To change this, HF1752 would require the De...
Legislation would alter practices in MN’s juvenile detention centers
By Tim Walker
“Protecting the rights of children who are detained is imperative to maintaining the integrity of our state’s values,” Ta’Mara Hill told the House Public Safety Finance and Poli...
As public safety concerns mount, lawmakers consider measures to put Metro Transit back on track
By Margaret Stevens
An elevator shaft used as a needle repository, open drug use on trains, deadly violence at stations – safety issues around Metro Transit have been well documented. And while mos...
‘Ban the box’ prohibition could be extended to board, commission appointments
By Mike Cook
Nearly all employers are currently prohibited from inquiring into or considering the criminal record of an applicant until that candidate has been selected for an interview or a...
Stuck in neutral at legislature for years, MN’s Equal Rights Amendment supporters push again for passage
By Mike Cook
There were more than a few group photos taken Thursday morning. Many of those in the frame sported green buttons that said ERA YES.
Grins were sizable after the House State ...
House lawmakers consider package of measures to ease child care workforce ‘catastrophe’
By Jonathan Mohr
While the workforce shortage is a major challenge for many sectors of the economy, a representative of the Minnesota Child Care Association said it has become “a catastrophe” in...
Ag committee considers bill to put more local food on school lunch trays
By Margaret Stevens
Saying it’s good for farmers, good for rural communities and good for children, Rep. Kristi Pursell (DFL-Northfield) aims to expand funding for a program that helps school distr...
Environment panel approves bill to phase in boating education, permit requirements
By Margaret Stevens
It’s no surprise the Land of 10,000 Lakes leads the nation in per capita boat ownership. But with more than 600,000 motorized watercraft and counting, Minnesota waterways are in...
More clean energy projects could tap into CERTs’ wisdom with funding boost
By Rob Hubbard
(CORRECTION: The original post had an incorrect current funding source for CERT)
To those of a certain age, say “Certs” and they think of a breath mint that was popular for...
Bill proposes $10 million to fund organization working to reduce racial economic gap
By Tim Walker
The toll that racism takes on our society is not just measured on a human scale, but on an economic one as well.
So says Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) who cites...
MN lawmakers seek solutions to state’s mental health staff shortages
By Tessa Pieper
The nationwide workforce shortage affects countless professions, including mental health professionals.
To help address this in Minnesota, HF1436 would modify existing progr...
