Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
Seeking to boost state's cottage food industry, sales cap could be increased fourfold
By Nate Gotlieb
HF1430, sponsored by Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center), would increase the annual-sales limit for Minnesota's 4,800-plus cottage-food producers, who sell goods from home and at farmers markets and community events, from $18,000 to $78,000.
Week in Review: March 1-5
By HPIS Staff
From a bill targeted at systemic racism to additional protections for meatpacking workers, proposals to begin automatic voter registration and a benefits extension for hourly sc...
PROMISE Act would provide $268 million to businesses suffering after last year's civil unrest
By Tim Walker
The “Providing Resources, Opportunity, and Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Act” would create a Civil Unrest Immediate Relief Program funded by a $267.6 million General Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2021.
Lawmaker pushes 'common-sense' interventions for kids with asthma
By Victoria Cooney
Asthma attacks can be terror-inducing for children and parents, and often require intensive respiratory treatment and ongoing medication.
MN high school seniors might be required to take personal finance course
By Rachel Kats
What would be a valuable course for high school students to take? One of the top answers they give is personal finance.
Sponsored by Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Mpls), HF1617, as...
Conditional release for inmates who give birth heads to full House
By Tim Walker
HF1403 would allow the Department of Corrections to conditionally release, for up to one year, an inmate who is postpartum and gave birth within eight months of the date of commitment.
Divided along party lines, subcommittee OK's expanded COVID-19 business reopening plan
By Mike Cook
HF1514 would create an operating system based on one of five statewide COVID-19 risk levels. Affected businesses include: bars and restaurants, wedding reception venues, fitness centers, salons, pools and water parks. It would expire when the peacetime emergency ends.
Increased wages for PCAs core of proposed rate framework changes
By Victoria Cooney
HF663 would adjust the rate framework used for reimbursing PCA services and implement program integrity measures.
Relief proposed for loggers affected by paper mill closure
By Nate Gotlieb
HF1260, sponsored by Rep. Rob Ecklund (DFL-International Falls), would allow for extensions of, and refunds on, timber permits issued before July 1, 2020, in areas with large concentrations of spruce trees and balsam firs.
Private prison prohibition heads to House Floor
By Tim Walker
HF1074 which would require state prison and local jail inmates to be housed only in publicly owned and operated prisons and jails.
Committee considers grants to increase sensory accessibility accommodation
By Mike Cook
Many sports facilities, art centers, museums and parks have instituted ways to help patrons with sensory issues — something as simple as a room with lower lighting.
Biennial water-quality proposal boosted by February budget forecast
By Nate Gotlieb
HF639, sponsored by Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South St. Paul) would allocate $256.8 million from the Clean Water Fund to dozens of water-quality projects in fiscal years 2022-23.
Prosecutors would have more leeway to request reduced sentences under bill headed to House Floor
By Tim Walker
Sponsored by Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview), HF901 would allow prosecutors to initiate a process to resentence a person convicted of a crime.
Divided House committee OK's $450m DFL plan targeted at 'ending systemic racism' in MN
By Mike Cook
“Will the Legislature send a message that Minnesota will lead in ending systemic racism and racial injustice and invest in stabilizing Minnesota’s African American communities and families?” Rep. John Thompson (DFL-St. Paul) proffers a $457 million answer via HF784.
College in the Schools teacher training program could get funding extension
By Rachel Kats
With a goal of expanding students’ access the program, HF649, sponsored by Rep. Julie Sandstede (DFL-Hibbing), would appropriate $2 million during the 2022-23 biennium to help educators attain the needed credentials to teach concurrent enrollment classes.
