By Jonathan Avise
Lawmakers on the conference committee on HF861 adopted the 137-page amendment during an evening meeting Monday but took no further action, leaving the conference report open and enabling further negotiations with Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration.
By Tory Cooney
Conferees adopted a combined version of the House and Senate omnibus health and human services bills early Monday evening that is expected to cut $482.44 million from projected state spending during the 2018-2019 biennium.
By Lee Ann Schutz
A little shaved off here and a little added there, and House and Senate conferees on the omnibus tax bill came to an agreement Monday on how much tax relief they would like the state to provide over the 2018-19 biennium.
By Jonathan Mohr
House and Senate conferees stopped just short of completing their work on the omnibus environment, natural resources policy and finance bill Monday, adopting several amendments that should put the legislation in its final form, then tabling the amended bill until a final draft can be written.
By Nick Longworth
A conference committee approved amendments Monday for the omnibus higher education finance bill. Conferees will seek to approve a unified proposal — finance and policy — later in the week.
By Chris Steller
It’s now up to the governor to determine if county law libraries could contribute to the construction of buildings that will house them.
The House passed HF1390/SF1113*, spo...
By Chris Steller
Cities that post their ordinances online may also have to post proposed ordinances 10 days before meetings where they are to be considered for the first time.
By Tory Cooney
Quarterly reports to the Legislature from the MNsure board must include copies of any interagency agreements or service-level agreements with a value greater than $100,000.
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By Ricky Campbell
The House voted 98-32 Monday to lift a 60-year-old spending limit on trophies and recreational awards for municipalities.
A statute enacted in 1957 put an $800 cap on what c...
By Ricky Campbell
Hoping to create more job opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the House on Monday passed a bill that would allow Ramsey County to est...