By Rob Hubbard
Walz administration pushing the idea is that a larger investment is needed in public housing to confront the state’s problems with unaffordable housing and homelessness.
By Victoria Cooney
HF256 would direct the Department of Human Services to seek federal funding to develop a “recuperative health home model” that would provide wraparound services to homeless people recovering from medical events.
By Tim Walker
HF312 would require counties to appoint a public defender to all financially eligible parents, guardians, and custodians who ask for one prior to the first hearing, and at all stages of child protection proceedings.
By Victoria Cooney
For years, the “vast majority” of Minnesota’s tobacco prevention programs and cessation services have been provided by ClearWay Minnesota – an organization founded for that express purpose and funded by money from legal settlements paid by tobacco companies.
By Tim Walker
HF413 would make a onetime $4 million appropriation in fiscal year 2022 from the General Fund for a grant to the Minnesota Initiative Foundation to support programs in rural communities to sustain and increase the supply of quality child care.
By HPIS Staff
During a week that began with Groundhog Day, it may not be surprising that one of the themes to House meetings over the past few days was legislation that’s been heard before.
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By Mike Cook
HF371 would permit the Legislature to terminate any order or rule promulgated by the governor if a peacetime emergency is continued for more than 30 days.
By Tim Walker
HF640 would modify the Peace Officer Discipline Procedures Act to require local units of government with more than 50 officers to establish law enforcement citizen oversight councils.
By Nate Gotlieb
Recent state investments have been critical in curbing the spread of emerald ash borer, but tens of millions of dollars are still needed to protect Minnesota's ash trees, lawmakers learned Friday.
By Nate Gotlieb
An obstacle to holding companies responsible for pollution caused by the family of "forever" chemicals at the center of the $850 million settlement between the state and 3M in 2018 could be removed.
By Tim Walker
By a vote of 132-0, the House passed a bill Thursday that would clarify legislation passed related to Gov. Tim Walz’s first COVID-19 emergency declaration in March 2020.
By Tim Walker
HF593 would require the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to modify the peace officer code of conduct to prohibit peace officers from affiliating with, supporting, or advocating for white supremacist groups, causes, or ideologies.