By Mike Cook
Aiming to ensure legal protests is one goal of a couple bills that others view as stifling free speech and attacking the rights of minorities.
By Jonathan Mohr
House Agriculture Policy Committee approved a bill that would establish an agricultural educator grant program to pay teachers for summer work.
By Tory Cooney
Not all communities have adult day care programs and senior centers. Even in communities with these services, they may be unaffordable or unequipped to care for people with memo...
By Ricky Campbell
If death and taxes are the only guarantees in life, Rep. Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins) hopes a $175,000 study would help filers delay the former in making the latter a bit easier...
By Nick Longworth
Minnesota’s teacher licensure system has been described as confusing and complex.
Sponsored by Rep. Sondra Erickson (R-Princeton), HF140 would overhaul the existing system b...
By Nick Longworth
Program would allow teachers to earn postsecondary teaching credits, necessary to teach concurrent enrollment courses, which is seen as a way to increase student opportunities.
By Jonathan Avise
House Republicans have renewed their push to increase state funding for road and bridge projects by redirecting motor vehicle-related sales taxes from Minnesota’s General Fund.
By Chris Steller
Fiscal notes are estimates of how much a bill would cost the state. An executive branch agency prepares them at legislators’ request. That would change under Vogel bill proposal.
By Mike Cook
List of legal fireworks in Minnesota could expand to include bottle rockets and Roman candles; however, local units of government could prevent such sales.
By Mike Cook
Committee approval was given to a bill that would expand the state’s unauthorized computer access crime to include interference with point-of-sale terminals to collect information from debit, credit or similar cards.
By Mike Cook
Residents of many counties are able to safely rid themselves of medication they no longer need. Rep. Debra Hilstrom (DFL-Brooklyn Center) wants to ensure the disposal is available in all 87 counties.
By Jonathan Avise
A Republican plan to reshape the metropolitan planning organization would see it comprised of local elected officials in place of gubernatorial appointees.