Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
MnDOT, farmers on different sides of disagreement over ditch mowing
By Jonathan Avise
A bill approved Wednesday by the House’s transportation policy committee would prevent MnDOT from moving ahead with plan to require permit to mow ditches in trunk highway right-of-way.
Advocates say reform to elder care waiver would improve payment rates
By Tory Cooney
The performance of care-providers could also impact reimbursements under proposed changes.
Calls made to change property tax that doesn’t stay local
By Lee Ann Schutz
The House Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division heard five bills Wednesday, proposing different phase-out mechanisms of the general levy tax; all were held over for possible omnibus bill inclusion.
Officer diversity training plan breezes through public safety committee
By Mike Cook
A plan proffered by law enforcement officials that would change police training to better reflect Minnesota’s diversity and potentially better reflect those demographics within peace officer ranks has been met with open arms.
Lower property taxes for farmers goal of bill approved by ag committee
By Jonathan Mohr
A bill to study the possibility of valuing agricultural land based on its production value was approved by a House committee.
Neu special election win pushes House Republican majority to 20 seats
By Mike Cook
Anne Neu will be the newest member of the House of Representatives.
Neu, a Republican from North Branch, won Tuesday’s District 32B special election. She garnered 53.22 perc...
Changing ‘townhouse’ definition pits homebuilders against fire officials
By Ricky Campbell
What’s the difference between a townhouse and a twinhome? To most consumers, it might not be much. But to the home-building industry and to public safety officials, the disparit...
Reading, math corps budgets could see bumps
By Nick Longworth
A pair of bills are looking to provide additional funding for Minnesota’s reading and math corps.
Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps are funded through ServeMi...
'Drastic’ proposed changes to stadium authority clear first committee
By Chris Steller
Governor would hold less sway on sports facility oversight panel under changes OK'd by House committee.
AGRI program shares efforts to advance state’s ag industries
By Jonathan Mohr
House Agriculture Finance Committee learns more about work being done by the Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation Program.
Owners wouldn’t be obliged to make property safe for trespassers
By Chris Steller
Trespassers, beware!
HF985, sponsored by Rep. Dan Fabian (R-Roseau), would prevent, in most cases, landowners from owing a “duty of care” to people who venture onto private ...
Special account proposed to help state tax filers get what’s coming
By Lee Ann Schutz
Tax filing heartburn could be helped by bill that aims to minimize number of amended returns that may need to be filed because the state acts too late on federal tax conformity issues.
As demands increase, public safety officials seek more funding
By Mike Cook
The governor’s requests $20 million to replenish the state’s disaster contingency account, which is designed to quickly cover the non-federal share of presidentially declared disasters.
Higher fees proposed as DNR explains billion-dollar budget request
By Jonathan Mohr
The Department of Natural Resources believes fee increases could bring in nearly $40 million to help offset rising costs.
‘Culturally competent’ teachers could combat special ed disparity, some lawmakers say
By Nick Longworth
Bill tagged as a conversation starter about how perceived ease of labeling students as in need of special education can lead to academic failure.
