Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Protection of private property among concerns in bill regarding homeless encampment policies
By Brian Hall
Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL-Mpls) has spent time at homeless encampments in her district. She’s seen the impact of sudden changes when people in the encampments are forced to move sud...
A change to driving requirements for care assistants could offer greater access, cost savings
By Margaret Stevens
Personal care assistants can accompany, but not drive without clocking out, people they support to medical appointments, family visits and other activities of community living.
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Outdoor heritage bill gets a bump from increased sales tax revenues
By Rob Hubbard
The February budget forecast made clear that much more money is available than lawmakers expected.
Kids suffering mental health crisis would have place to go under new proposal
By Jonathan Mohr
Imagine, if you are a parent, that your 13-year-old child is sobbing, so sad they tell you they don’t want to live. You take them to the emergency room, but because they don’t h...
Judiciary committee OKs bill to beef up protections against predatory insurance settlements
By Tim Walker
Suppose you are injured in a car crash, and an insurance company offers you a settlement to take care of your medical needs for the rest of your life.
But then you are appro...
House panel advances bill aiming to safeguard MN kids from social media rabbit hole
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesota could be a national leader in putting new guardrails on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
State’s public health emergency preparedness in need of upgrade, House lawmaker says
By Tim Walker
HF4103 would appropriate $9 million in fiscal year 2023 for distribution to local and tribal public health organizations for public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities.
Proposal to scrub state investments tied to Russia gets strong committee support
By Mike Cook
The bill would direct the State Board of Investment to divest Minnesota’s investments from Russia and Belarus by Aug. 1, 2022.
House legislation targets ‘loophole’ in state law protecting victims of workplace sexual harassment
By Brian Hall
HF3010 would prohibit financial settlements of sexual harassment or abuse be provided as severance or wages, which are taxed by the state, in instances where a nondisclosure agreement has been signed.
Bill seeks more authority for Ramsey County in setting speed limits
By Margaret Stevens
County roads that were once rural highways run through residential neighborhoods in Ramsey County. Addressing the safety issues on those roads is behind HF2771.
Affordable housing — in Twin Cities and Greater MN —would be focus of new grant program
By Rob Hubbard
Does the Twin Cities area have the worst housing shortage in America? A September study by the Minnesota Population Center came to that conclusion. But Rep. Michael Howard (DFL-...
Education committee holds over $225 million proposal to give students more support personnel
By Pratik Joshi
The bill, as amended and held over for possible omnibus bill inclusion, would provide $225.6 million in fiscal year 2023 for schools to hire student support personnel.
Proposal would increase upper income limit for child care assistance
By Pratik Joshi
HF3861 would expand upper income eligibility for child care assistance from 67% to 85% of the state median income — $75,671 to $96,001 for a family of four in today’s dollars — and establish a co-payment requirement of 14% of family income for families between the two percentages.
Grants proposed to help MN cities, counties withstand impacts of climate change
By Rob Hubbard
Sponsored by Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center), HF2200 would establish a grant program to assist cities and counties in mitigating the impacts of climate change and reducing their contributions to the problem.
First-generation homebuyers could get down payment assistance
By Brian Hall
HF4269 would create a pilot program to provide down payment assistance to first-generation homebuyers.
