By Tim Walker
Before an interrogation begins, police must recite the Miranda warning, which includes the familiar words, “You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, ...
By Brian Hall
Every year, the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council offers recommendations to the Legislature on how to appropriate money from the state’s Outdoor Heritage Fund.
By Pratik Joshi
Community groups sometimes train legal, but unlicensed, child care providers, particularly in immigrant and diverse communities, and help them connect with services and resource...
By Margaret Stevens
HF2733 would allow intensive residential treatment services facilities to establish locked centers that could accept transfers from a secure facility.
By Rob Hubbard
Sponsored by Rep. Patty Acomb (DFL-Minnetonka), the bill would appropriate $300,000 to the Pollution Control Agency in fiscal year 2023 to prepare a report on potential strategies to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions.
By Brian Hall
Sponsored by Rep. Peter Fischer (DFL-Maplewood), HF616 would provide grants to increase lead testing in order to make rental housing safer.
By Mike Cook
HF3403 would establish a procedure whereby people could understand within 60 days of a preliminary application if they’re eligible for a license before spending time and money trying to attain it.
By Margaret Stevens
The time is right to close the wealth gap, say legislators in favor of a $50 million fund to support emerging developers who lack access to capital and networks that can tip the balance to a project’s success.
By Pratik Joshi
Closing the achievement gap and promoting equity are two tenets of the governor’s proposed education policy plan.
It is also about making a high-quality education available ...
By Mike Cook
Upgrading a sewer line doesn’t sound pleasant and is not a glamorous or visible home upgrade, but it can be important.
A backup could be worse and costly. Inspections for a ...
By Brian Hall
HF2168 would impose a 2.5% tax on direct wine shippers, would require direct shippers to obtain a license and would establish a Minnesota Grape and Wine Advisory Council.
By Rob Hubbard
What was expected in November to be a $7.7 billion General Fund surplus is now up to $9.253 billion for the current biennium, according to an updated budget forecast.
By HPIS Staff
Just less than three months ago, state officials predicted Minnesotans would have a $7.7 billion budget surplus for the fiscal 2022-23 biennium. But the February 2022 Budget and...
By Mike Cook
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL-Golden Valley), HF208, as amended, would chiefly create a 13-member board to “protect and promote the welfare, social well-being, and physical and mental health of companion efforts.”