Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Agriculture committee lays over governor’s updated budget proposal
By Tim Walker
Like the weather that farmers must continually deal with, the budget outlook for the Department of Agriculture is ever changing.
The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Com...
House bill seeks $5 million for Black veterans support program
By Mike Cook
Stephen Kent is a 25-year U.S. Army veteran who ended his career at the rank of colonel. Sean Payton is a former U.S. Air Force officer who served during the Gulf War.
Both ...
House legislation takes multi-pronged approach to combatting homelessness
By Todd Abeln
A statewide approach is being offered to help the homeless and work to find everybody a place to live.
“This bill will advance our collective goal of ensuring that no Minnes...
State funding sought as federal cuts threaten veteran meal program
By Mike Cook
Carter Drake is a Vietnam veteran who has received a “blessing” from volunteers.
“This kind of makes my day. My wife always says the meals always kind of put a smile on my f...
House commerce panel begins work on omnibus cannabis bill
By Lisa Kaczke
Minnesota’s cannabis laws continue to be tweaked.
The House omnibus cannabis bill would remove the requirement that beverages with no more than 10 milligrams of THC be label...
Proposed changes to environmental regulations help stall miners unemployment bill in committee
By Margaret Stevens
Less than two weeks ago, Cleveland-Cliffs announced temporary closures of the Minorca Mine in Virginia and Hibbing Taconite would lead to layoffs affecting nearly 600 miners.
...
Taxes committee considers governor’s sales tax changes, other proposals
By Rob Hubbard
Gov. Tim Walz wants to lower the state’s sales tax rate by 0.075%. But the lost revenue from that change would be more than made up for by new sales taxes on accounting, banking...
Ways and Means Committee OKs House budget resolution
By Mike Cook
Total net General Fund expenditures in the 2026-27 biennium will not exceed a hair less than $66.62 billion.
That is the budget resolution approved Tuesday by the House Ways...
Bill seeks $96.5 million annually to secure funding for early learning scholarships
By Todd Abeln
Early learning scholarships provide funding for children to attend a high-quality early learning program.
In an effort to keep that program alive and well, HF470 would appro...
Education policy bill tackles teacher shortages, student health
By Brian Basham
More post-secondary eligibility options for charter school students, permanently adding a substitute teacher pilot program and an expansion of allowable epinephrine delivery sys...
House public safety committee begins work on omnibus policy bill
By Tim Walker
Providing medications to incarcerated persons, privileged communications between domestic abuse advocates and victims, enhanced penalties for certain driving violations, and rel...
Legislators hear bill aiming to close racial gap in homeownership
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesota has one of the largest racial gaps in the nation when it comes to home ownership. While approximately 70% of white households own their homes, about 30% of Black house...
House environment panel considers year-round bass fishing season
By Tim Walker
You might think a bill to allow a year-round fishing season for largemouth and smallmouth bass would be controversial.
But all evidence from Tuesday’s House Environment and ...
Residency requirement proposed for Minnesota college aid program
By Todd Abeln
If you use the North Star Promise program to go to college at no cost, some lawmakers want you to be prepared to stay in Minnesota after graduation.
Rep. Peggy Scott (R-Ando...
Legislation proposes state policies on large data centers
By Rob Hubbard
The data centers are coming.
Granted, many of these buildings used to house the technological equipment required to run the internet are already here. But some of the larges...
