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Conference committee offers second crack at wild rice water quality bill

An effort to replace Minnesota’s long-standing wild rice water quality sulfate standard may get a second chance, following a conference committee agreement on the final day of t...

Safe schools funding added to revised tax conformity bill

With only hours left of the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers met Sunday morning to make revisions to the tax reform bill in hopes that this go-around it will garner Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature.

Supplemental budget bill — all 989 pages — heads to governor and expected veto

A session that began three months ago has largely been boiled down to a large bill that doesn’t appear to have gubernatorial support.

Dayton says session has been a ‘shambles,’ likely won’t sign budget or tax bills

It’s not looking like the omnibus supplemental budget bill or the tax bill will get passed this year.

Ag committee considers, then delays, procedural move to block nitrogen rule

The House Agriculture Policy Committee gathered Saturday to consider using, for the first time, a 17-year-old state statute that would allow it block a controversial groundwater protection rule proposed by the Department of Agriculture earlier this year.

House OKs controversial bill to crack down on protest organizers

Prosecutors could hold organizations that recruit, train or aid an individual arrested for damaging oil pipelines, railways, airports and other “critical infrastructure” both civilly and criminally liable under bill passed in the House.

Opioids, eldercare on agenda as supplemental budget committee resumes

The omnibus supplemental budget conference committee resumed its work Friday evening by discussing, amending and beginning to adopt a number of articles related to health and human services.

Lawmakers, Dayton find common ground on school safety but little else during Friday meeting

In the final days and hours of the 2018 session, Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature still don’t see eye-to-eye on a number of key issues.

Amended sex offender release bill passes House, Senate going to governor

The release process for committed sex offenders and other inmates from state mental health facilities would be impacted by a bill passed 119-0 by the House Friday.

House passes bill to allow St. Paul to use design-build process for a public works project

A proposal that would allow St. Paul to use design-build contracting to make improvements on a water treatment plant was passed by the House Friday.

Ways and Means OKs environment trust fund expenditures

The House Ways and Means Committee amended the bill that manages some appropriations for environmental projects Thursday before sending it to the House Floor.

Legislators face fork in the road on elder abuse reform

State government is divided on what to do about reforming elder care in Minnesota — institute decisive reform now, or wait and study the issue further before committing?

Transportation amendment passes House, looks likely to run out of gas in Senate

The House on Thursday passed HF4437 76-54 to put on November’s ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would require allocating sales tax revenues from motor vehicle parts and repair to the state’s highway construction fund.

House passes DNR land lease and property sale bill

The House voted 128-0 Thursday to authorize certain land sales and make a number of modifications to state land lease and public property sale requirements.

Seeing no emergency education funds, Dayton vetoes omnibus tax bill

With fewer than four days left in the legislative session, House and Senate leaders are looking to put together a new tax conformity bill following Gov. Mark Dayton’s Thursday morning veto of the tax omnibus bill.


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