Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Citing ‘growing demand,’ Walz administration proposes $3 billion bonding plan
By Margaret Stevens
It’s been practice of the Legislature to address capital projects with large bonding bills in even-numbered years.
That didn’t happen in 2022.
Gov. Tim Walz proposed cap...
Week in Review: Jan. 23-27
By HPIS Staff
Another lengthy floor session wrapped up another busy week in the House. Members debated for more than seven hours before passing HF7 that would require utilities in the state t...
House OKs bill to include inflation on both sides of budget forecast
By Mike Cook
Honest accounting is the goal of a bill that would eat into some of the state’s projected $17.6 billion surplus without a dollar being spent.
Roughly five weeks before an up...
House passes carbon-free energy requirement after bill generates lively debate
By Rob Hubbard
The sun shone brightly on the snow-covered Capitol grounds on Thursday. And, long after day gave way to evening, the House voted for the sun to do a lot more for Minnesota ...
Walz administration seeking $7 billion to boost funding for schools across state
By Steve Abrams
What does it mean to “fully fund” education?
For years it has been the catchphrase of Gov. Tim Walz whenever talking about his plans for Minnesota’s K-12 schools. On Thursda...
Governor’s budget request aims to give Border to Border Broadband a boost
By Margaret Stevens
Time is running out to meet Minnesota’s statutory goal to get high-speed internet to all households by 2026.
Nearly 300,000 households do not have access to 100 megabits per...
‘Reproductive Freedom Defense Act’ seeks to protect patients, providers and visitors
By Tessa Pieper
DFL legislators continued their efforts to safeguard reproductive health care Thursday.
Sponsored by Rep. Esther Agbaje (DFL-Mpls), HF366 would, in part, protect patient hea...
First responders may be on track for horse-assisted mental health therapy
By Tim Walker
There is a police officer and firefighter shortage across the state, in part due to first responders leaving their professions because of the job-related trauma they face daily....
‘Moving Technology Forward for Minnesotans’ theme of requested MNIT budget increase
By Mike Cook
In a world where technology is seemingly everywhere, consequences of a security breach or shut down can be devastating to one’s day-to-day operations.
Most of us run securit...
Budget proposal includes new state agency focused on kids, families
By Jonathan Mohr
At the heart of the record $62 billion One Minnesota Budget proposal released by Gov. Tim Walz this week is a pledge to make the state the best in the nation for kids to live an...
Highways for Habitat pollinators program would require MnDOT to ditch current green space practices
By Margaret Stevens
The approximately 175,000 acres of green space along the state’s highways could be prime real estate for pollinator habitat, say supporters of a bill to establish a Highways for...
Tenants could be temporarily sheltered from non-payment evictions
By Tessa Pieper
In a single night in January 2022 nearly 8,000 Minnesotans were unsheltered.
“At this rate we are becoming not only the land of over 10,000 lakes, but becoming the land of o...
Proposal to add mental health positions at education department gets a preliminary passing grade
By Steve Abrams
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the mental health needs of Minnesota’s K-12 students and educators has become a matter of bipartisan concern.
How to adequa...
Anglers may celebrate a closer look at Minnesota’s funkier fish
By Margaret Stevens
Blunt heads, small eyes, grooved lips and a mouth set for bottom feeding, buffalo fish have a face only their mothers could love. And maybe more than one fish fan in the stateho...
State officials seek millions to help state tourism industry market Minnesota getaways
By Tim Walker
Now that COVID-driven staycations have become a relic and travel is rebounding, it’s time to help Minnesota tourism bounce back too.
That’s the impetus for HF232 to fund a “...
