Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Watercraft fee increase resurfaces in House panel
By Nate Gotlieb
HF1896, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Morrison (DFL-Deephaven), would increase the watercraft surcharge boat owners pay along with registration fees from $10.60 to $25.
Competitive bidding change aims to help more small and veteran-owned businesses
By Mike Cook
A modification to the county bidding process could create more opportunities for smaller and veteran-owned businesses.
Additional emissions data on large polluters could be provided to PCA
By Nate Gotlieb
The Pollution Control Agency could get more frequent updates on whether emissions levels at the state's largest air polluters are safe.
Bill would permit more data to be added to police misconduct database
By Tim Walker
A database tracking police misconduct – part of the police reform legislation enacted into law last year – won’t work as lawmakers intended without changing the law on what goes into the database.
Proposal would support the Girl Scouts ConnectZ program
By Rachel Kats
HF1092 would appropriate $3 million during the 2022-23 biennium to bolster and expand the ConnectZ program.
Statutory gainsharing program could get heave-ho
By Mike Cook
Minnesota Management and Budget officials believe the agency best to do away with an employee-reward program they claim is not cost effective.
Updates to cycling laws headed to House Floor
By Jonathan Mohr
Minnesota law requires motorists to provide at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a bicyclist riding on a road but does not mandate a buffer for a cyclist on the road’s shou...
Increased use of biofuels and electric vehicles the focus of Future Fuels Act
By Rob Hubbard
HF2083 would require the state to develop a schedule of annual standards that producers and importers of transportation fuels must meet, with the goal of decreasing the fuels’ carbon intensity by at least 20% by 2035.
Housing panel OKs plan to extend eviction ban beyond emergency pandemic order
By Nate Gotlieb
Minnesota landlords, generally prohibited from evicting tenants under Gov. Tim Walz's COVID-19 peacetime emergency orders, could be required to wait 60 days before starting most eviction proceedings in the 12 months after the orders expire.
Early Learning Scholarship program would be fully funded under proposal
By Rachel Kats
Early learning scholarships are a way to offer disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-old children better access to high-quality care and learning opportunities.
House committee begins work on omnibus education policy bill
By Rachel Kats
Many of the included proposals “support the whole child and all the needs they have in order to reach their true academic potential,” a Department of Education official said.
Five years too tight for TIF? How about 10?
By Rob Hubbard
The clock is ticking on 1,648 development projects in Minnesota. They’re the ones working within the constraints of the state’s tax increment financing laws, which require that ...
Legislation proposes raising bar on training requirements for contract labor at state's refineries
By Nate Gotlieb
Lawmakers are looking to ensure that employees of companies hired to perform work inside Minnesota's two oil refineries have certain levels of training.
Kinship foster families need more support, advocates say — committee considers how to provide it
By Victoria Cooney
The number of foster kids placed with family members has increased significantly over the past few years, but many barriers remain for prospective kinship foster parents.
State lawmakers consider ‘coordinated effort’ to help communities when power plants shutter
By Tim Walker
HF1750 would create and fund an Energy Transition Legacy Office within the Department of Employment and Economic Development to help these cities deal with the economic disruption resulting from the expected shutdowns.
