Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Bill to bar state contractors from boycotting Israel passes House
By Chris Steller
Companies that discriminate against Israel would have to find another state to do business with under legislation passed Thursday in the House.
Passed 98-28, HF400, sponsore...
House OKs Real ID
By Chris Steller
Skies could get friendlier for Minnesotans seeking to board future flights on commercial aircraft.
The House passed HF3 Thursday, a bill that would let the state comply with...
State employee incentive program needs oversight, lawmakers say
By Ricky Campbell
The state budget office has spent $4.7 million since 2014 on a state employee incentive program intended to find efficiencies in government and improve services. The incentive p...
Not enough training sites for future medical professionals
By Tory Cooney
You want medical professionals to have some experience before you go to see them with a health complaint – that’s why on-the-job training is required for licensing.
But Minn...
Harassment restraining order delivery changes proposed
By Mike Cook
Sponsored by Rep. Marion O'Neill (R-Maple Lake), HF1148 would, in part, allow corrections officers to serve a harassment restraining order at any time.
Volkswagen settlement funds create clash of ideas
By Nick Longworth
Federal settlement money could mean new school buses for districts in Minnesota, but some have concerns about spending too much too soon.
Under HF1254, sponsored by Rep. Dav...
Environment committee wades into groundwater permitting changes
By Jonathan Mohr
New bill would direct the Department of Natural Resources to make several changes to its permitting process.
Advocates call for more support for foster, adoptive families
By Tory Cooney
When the Martindale family adopted a 6-year-old boy with fetal alcohol syndrome spectrum disorder and a rocky history with the foster care system, they knew it would be difficul...
Legislators elect four to University of Minnesota Board of Regents
By Nick Longworth
A vote by the Legislature Wednesday filled the University of Minnesota’s four vacant Board of Regents positions.
Canterbury Park hoping for ‘lights on’ funding
By Ricky Campbell
When DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers couldn’t agree on state spending terms in 2011, the 19-day government shutdown put some 19,000 workers out of a job, including...
A weighty question: bigger trucks on the road good or bad?
By Jonathan Avise
Approved Wednesday in the House Transportation and Regional Governance Policy Committee, HF1358 would create a special permit that increases weight limits for s6- or 7-axle trucks hauling construction materials.
Life insurance ‘the way it should be’ – not for terrorists
By Ricky Campbell
Before Syed Farook went on a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, Calif., in December 2015 and killed 14 people and injured 22, he made sure his life insurance policies worth $27...
Grants could expand mental health care for children at schools
By Tory Cooney
A plan to offer appropriate $4 million in school-linked mental health grants was held over Wednesday by a House committee.
Governor’s tax bill calls for $79 million in changes
By Lee Ann Schutz
Many provisions in this year’s gubernatorial tax bill were part of the 2016 bill that was vetoed due to a drafting error.
Bill would give child care red tape a tug
By Chris Steller
Life could get easier for parents who juggle changing work schedules, children who cope with shifting child care arrangements and child care providers who struggle to get by while getting paid with federal funds.
