By Pratik Joshi
Minnesota schools get compensatory revenue to help underprepared students reach performance standards. The state uses the number of students eligible to receive free or reduced-...
By Pratik Joshi
Particularly in Greater Minnesota, child care centers for years have faced problems hiring qualified providers. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the crisis, requiring a state i...
By Margaret Stevens
State requirements that force people from their job if substance use problems arise could be on their way out.
Tuesday, the House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee...
By Brian Hall
HF3966 would establish a homeownership investment grant program, add more down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and create a revolving fund for manufactured homes.
By Margaret Stevens
Shared ownership can be an effective way for people in underrepresented communities to own businesses and build wealth.
But there isn’t really a statewide system to support ...
By Tim Walker
Karen Wells was one of several people testifying Monday in favor of a bill that would establish programs to help trauma victims recover.
She is the mother of Amir Locke, who...
By Brian Hall
Seeing a large demand for Farm to School grants, which schools use to purchase food from local farmers, lawmakers could expand the program.
Sponsored by Rep. Todd Lippert (D...
By HPIS Staff
Spring will officially begin Sunday but deadline season is also right around the corner at the Capitol.
The first committee deadline, by when committees must act favorably o...
By Pratik Joshi
Kids spending long hours in school need a break for their social, emotional and physical well-being, Rep. Heather Edelson (DFL-Edina) told the House Education Policy Committee Friday.
By Rob Hubbard
It’s not quite a tale as old as time, but it is one that seems to come up every legislative session, at least for the last several years: We have 88 soil and water conservation ...
By Tim Walker
A 2021 law made it unlawful to limit a patient’s access to an organ transplant based on physical, sensory, or mental impairment.
Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) s...