Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
High-speed internet 'as necessary to my education as a pen and paper,' advocates of broadband expansion tell lawmakers
By Melissa Turtinen
HF3527 would appropriate $51.48 million to the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program.
Committee considers quick fix for special education cross-subsidy issue
By Rachel Kats
HF4272 would create a new component of special education funding that would provide equity aid to school districts where the cross-subsidy is greater than the regional average.
How to solve the skilled-workforce shortage? Lawmakers consider going back to the basics
By Rachel Kats
Bill would require Minnesota State to submit a plan to transfer control of its technical colleges to entities in the K-12 system.
Committee hears plan to address child care crisis in Greater Minnesota
By Melissa Turtinen
A bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Gunther (R-Fairmont) aims to increase sustainable child care options in those areas by appropriating $1.5 million from the General Fund in Fiscal Year 2018.
Cities could see $30 million increase in local government aid
By Michael Strasburg
HF3493 would raise the appropriation for city local government aid from $534.4 million to $564.4 million beginning in calendar year 2019.
Lawmakers engage in heated exchanges as committee considers new SNAP benefit requirements
By Zach Kayser
Tensions high as lawmakers debate a bill that would add requirements on households that receive SNAP food assistance benefits.
Lawmakers' attempt to make MN.IT ‘more efficient’ worries agency head
By Ricky Campbell
HF3447 would require each agency to dedicate 5 percent of its IT budget to cybersecurity, require MN.IT Services to consult with local governments on specific projects and require the agency to contract with the private sector on projects costing more than $100,000.
Bill would toughen state penalties on child porn offenders
By Mike Cook
HF2904 contains nearly a dozen get-tougher on child pornography provisions, including a guarantee that someone found guilty of distributing or possessing child pornography would spend time behind bars.
Landfill legislation seeks to balance environmental, financial concerns
By Michael Strasburg
HF4070 would require the Pollution Control Agency to conduct a number of additional evaluations prior to issuing a demolition debris landfill permit to a facility.
Proposed primary shift meets concern from secretary of state
By Melissa Turtinen
An idea to hold state and presidential primaries on the same day in 2020 met some concerns from the secretary of state and some DFLers.
Committee looks at Little Falls opioid reduction as a model for hospitals
By Zach Kayser
The House Health and Human Services Finance Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon featured the program that literally wrote the book on how to curb opioid prescriptions.
Special ed, pre-k funding, school safety top governor’s E-12 supplemental budget proposal
By Rachel Kats
Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius presented the $162.2 million proposal to the House Education Finance Committee Tuesday.
Lawmakers hear $30 million request for Capitol security upgrades
By Jonathan Avise
More than $30 million in security upgrades are needed to help protect facilities in the Capitol Complex against potential threats, advisory group says.
State seeks more funding to advocate for childrens' welfare in court
By Mike Cook
Demand is up — but funding isn't — for state's Guardian ad Litem Program and state officials are seeking additional dollars
Tuition freezes, campus support top governor’s higher ed supplemental spending wish list
By Rachel Kats
Keeping higher education attainable for students and maintaining campus infrastructure are top priorities of Gov. Mark Dayton’s supplemental budget recommendations for higher education.
