By Tory Cooney
The House passed its omnibus health and human services finance bill, as amended, on a 75-53 vote Friday after emotional discussion.
Supporters hailed the legislation as a fi...
By Chris Steller
The omnibus job growth and energy affordability policy and finance bill would distribute $380 million to agencies and programs concerned with economic development, power generat...
By Chris Steller
The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act would gain provisions especially tailored to guarding students who use devices issued by schools.
By Tory Cooney
Annual state reports on induced abortions already include a lot of information – where the procedures take place and what kind of procedures are used – but not how many abortion...
By Jonathan Mohr
The legislation would appropriate more than $118 million and include funding for farmer-led councils that may help implementation of the state’s buffer law.
By Nick Longworth
Legislators this session are focused on providing affordability, accountability and accessibility for post-secondary education while carving out a proposal Gov. Mark Dayton will...
By Nick Longworth
In 2016, the Minnesota State High School League oversaw the eligibility of 2,400 student transfers, of which 132 were appealed to the league office. Auditor report outlines suggestions for state’s leading high school sports provider.
By Mike Cook
Sponsored by Rep. Tony Cornish (R-Vernon Center), HF896/SF803* contains nearly $2.28 billion in spending during the 2018-19 biennium, a $111.5 million increase over current base.
By Nick Longworth
In an effort to address the state’s teacher shortage and rectify a licensure system that some say has become overly confusing and complex, Rep. Sondra Erickson (R-Princeton) spo...
By Chris Steller
Number of Minnesotans under age 5 in 2015
Percent of Minnesota households with children under age 6 and all parents in the workforce
State ran...
By Ricky Campbell
Without the governor’s signature and a looming deadline, a $542 million subsidy to insurance companies intends to heal individual market’s woes