Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Legislative subcommittee rejects union contract settlements
By Mike Cook
Contracts collectively bargained between Minnesota Management and Budget and two of the state’s largest employee unions failed to gain approval Thursday of the Legislative Coordinating Commission’s Subcommittee on Employee Relations.
Mediation ends 'abruptly'; legislative funding remains in question
By Mike Cook
Mediation at getting legislative leaders and the governor to agree on funding House and Senate activity is over.
Lawmakers, registrars sound off on rollout of new motor vehicle licensing system
By Jonathan Avise
House lawmakers on Monday heard from Minnesotans exasperated by this summer’s rocky rollout of the state’s new computer system for managing motor vehicle
Mediation ordered to work out legislative, gubernatorial funding dispute
By Mike Cook
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered the Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton to use mediation to resolve a funding dispute. In an opinion issued Friday, the court also ruled that Dayton’s use of the line-item veto to strip biennial funding for the Legislature was constitutional.
2017 state fair poll results
By HPIS Staff
More than 7,100 fairgoers cast a ballot over 12 late-summer days at the House’s state fair booth in the Education Building.
Minnesota Supreme Court takes up legislative funding battle
By Jonathan Avise
The state’s highest court on Monday heard oral arguments in the case of Gov. Mark Dayton’s appeal of a lower court ruling last month that found his line-item veto of Legislative funding violated the state constitution.
Judge rules Dayton’s veto of Legislative funding violated constitution
By Jonathan Avise
A Ramsey County judge on Wednesday ruled that Gov. Mark Dayton’s line-item veto of legislative funding violated the state’s constitution.
New laws on tap for July 1 include long-awaited Sunday sales
By HPIS Staff
The legalization of Sunday off-sale liquor sales is among new state laws taking effect July 1.
Judge OKs legislative funding for 90 days
By Ricky Campbell
A Ramsey County judge has given the go-ahead for the House and Senate to remain operational until Oct. 1 while the two chambers’ funding remains in legal limbo with a pending lawsuit against Gov. Mark Dayton.
Dayton, legislative leaders have their day in court over funding issue
By Jonathan Mohr
Lawyers for Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders met in a Ramsey County court Monday to argue the merits of a lawsuit over the governor’s May line-item veto of money meant fund the House and Senate for the next two years.
Legislative leaders will sue governor over line-item veto
By Ricky Campbell
With closed-door negotiations unproductive, lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton will face-off in court
Governor still hopeful negotiations can solve legislative funding fight
By Jonathan Avise
A meeting between the governor, House and Senate leaders is tentatively scheduled for next week, Dayton says.
House, Senate head toward lawsuit over governor's legislative funding veto
By Jonathan Avise
House and Senate leadership OK a resolution to seek outside legal representation in an effort to restore funding for the Legislature that Gov. Mark Dayton line-item vetoed earlier this week.
Dayton signs budget bills into law, but showdown with lawmakers continues
By Jonathan Avise
Governor agrees to sign bills that make up state’s $46 billion, two-year budget but line-item vetoes funding for the Legislature
Weary lawmakers pass final budget bills, wrap 2017 special session
By Mike Cook
Day three of the 2017 special session saw lawmakers pass final omnibus bills to be sent to Gov. Mark Dayton, with weary House members wrapping up their work at 2:42 a.m. Friday following a week of long days — and nights — at the State Capitol.
