Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
‘We need to have their backs’ – more help for firefighters with cancer, heart disease under Hometown Heroes program
By Tim Walker
HF377 would create a Hometown Heroes Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer or heart disease.
Sound the siren, committee approves state fire museum designation
By Mike Cook
A facility that honors men and women who put their lives on the line to save others could receive a state designation.
Private or public? Bill would scratch off public disclosure of lottery winners' names
By Mike Cook
Current state statute requires lottery officials to publicly disclose a prize winner’s name, city of residence, prize amount and where the ticket was purchased. HF832 would make a winner's name private.
Clean Energy First Act headed to House Floor — for third year in a row
By Rob Hubbard
For the third year in a row, the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee has approved a bill that would require renewables to be the power source of choice when replacing a retired power plant. In neither 2019 nor 2020 did the potential change in policy make it into law.
Public safety panel hears bill to train police to deal with people with dementia
By Tim Walker
A bill held over Thursday would fund law enforcement agencies to deliver training to prepare peace officers to work with citizens suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Easing entry into ignition interlock program could make MN roads safer, lawmakers say
By Jonathan Mohr
There were 22,653 DWI arrests in Minnesota last year, but a program advocates say helps address that problem and makes the state’s roads safer by limiting repeat offenders needs to be modified in order to reach its full potential.
School boards could get authority to renew expiring referendums
By Rachel Kats
HF292 would give school boards the authority to renew expiring, no-increase school district referendums without voter approval.
Proposal would provide Greater MN $6 million for workforce housing
By Nate Gotlieb
Small and mid-sized Greater Minnesota cities could get more help in building sorely needed rental housing for middle-income workers.
Federal funds would flow to conservation-minded landowners under bill
By Rob Hubbard
Minnesota's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program is currently $16.7 million away from meeting the state contribution of $175 million that would make $350 million in federal funds available.
Pilot project considered to increase support for parents with disability
By Victoria Cooney
HF163, sponsored by Rep. Peter Fischer (DFL-Maplewood), aims to support parents with a disability and prevent children from being unnecessarily separated from their families by establishing a Parenting with a Disability Advisory Committee.
Election financing, filing modifications OK'd for Hennepin County
By Mike Cook
Consistent election filings in Hennepin County and greater transparency are aims of a bill heading to the House Floor.
House judiciary panel hears bill to mandate parenting education in divorce cases
By Tim Walker
Rep. Peggy Scott (R-Andover) sponsors HF348, which would require divorcing parents who have not agreed to custody or parenting time to attend a parenting education program.
‘Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act’ aims to reduce disparities impacting mothers and babies
By Victoria Cooney
In Minnesota, black women are 2.3 times more likely to die of pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes than their white counterparts, and the Native American maternal mortality rate is about four times higher.
Education policy committee approves comprehensive sex ed proposal
By Rachel Kats
Minnesota’s current sexual education standards, instruction and benchmarks are developed and delivered on a district-by-district basis.
Push for tax transparency gets some pushback
By Rob Hubbard
Rather than have every county, school district and municipality select its own date for the annual “Truth in Taxation” hearing, HF496 everyone would hold theirs on the first Wednesday evening after the first Monday of December.
