Minnesota Legislature
Session Daily Archive
A compendium of Session Daily articles dating back to 2004
Results:
State tax preparation would be free for most filers under bill heard in House
By Rob Hubbard
Individual income tax returns are due Monday, so perhaps you’ve recently used such tax preparation software as TurboTax or H&R Block.
What if the state did the same thing fo...
Bill proposes creation of Office of Homelessness and Housing Supports
By Miranda Bryant
Homelessness in Minnesota is not new, but a possible new way to prevent and respond to it is.
Sponsored by Rep. Heather Keeler (DFL-Moorhead), HF5200, as amended, would esta...
Improved soil, water and climate health goal of proposed farm payment program
By Margaret Stevens
In her third time before the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee to talk about nitrate contamination, Carrie Jennings likened soil and water health in southeast Minne...
Electric vehicle charging stations could be required in new residential projects
By Brian Basham
More and more electric vehicles are being driven on Minnesota roads each day, a trend that is only growing. Looking into the electrified future, the state will need more EV char...
Proposal would use state bonds to boost manufactured home development parks
By Miranda Bryant
(CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: Corrects attribution from Chris Sherman, president of Sherman Associates, to Rice County Commissioner Galen Malecha; clarifies that cooperatives do no...
MinnesotaCare expansion unlikely in 2024, key lawmaker says
By Miranda Bryant
The idea to expand MinnesotaCare with a “public option” so that more low-income Minnesotans could have affordable health coverage may be dead in the water this Legislative sessi...
Tax panel approves rent refund for child care centers
By Tim Walker
Homeowners and renters can apply to the state for partial property tax refunds.And if a child care center owns its own space, it can also get a property tax refund.
But a ch...
Defrauded homeowners could receive more from contractor recovery fund
By Brian Basham
Homeowners deceived by a licensed contractor could recover up to $25,000 more from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Contractor Recovery Fund if they have been the victim o...
Lawmakers seek more remote participation in local advisory commission meetings
By Mike Cook
Balancing the public’s right to know what government is doing with greater opportunity for more people to participate is the genesis of a bill that has no easy answers.
Spon...
Governor’s early childhood supplemental budget proposals total nearly $37 million
By Jonathan Mohr
A measure that seeks to update how child care providers are regulated by moving to a “risk-based” licensing system is part of a package of proposals and new funding heard by the...
House judiciary panel approves proposal to reform reviews of child deaths
By Tim Walker
A child dying due to maltreatment is a tragedy.
Unfortunately, the state’s dysfunctional process to investigate such a death only compounds the tragedy, says Rep. Dave Pinto...
Commerce committee considers measure aimed at clarifying conflicting gambling regulations
By Tim Walker
Depending on how you count them, the state has at least four agencies, commissions, and boards regulating gambling in Minnesota.
That’s too fragmented and causes problems, s...
Elections policy bill clears a divided House
By Mike Cook
The November election is just under seven months away, but a plethora of changes to how and when people vote are key components of the 2024 elections policy bill.
It include...
House passes public safety policy bill with bipartisan support
By Tim Walker
Changes affecting crime victims and their rights, making criminal justice reforms, modifying predatory offender restrictions, and modifying some duties of the Department of Corr...
State lawmakers could return Humphrey to Washington with statue swap
By Margaret Stevens
Minnesota could be getting new representation in Washington D.C.
Sponsored by House Majority Leader Jamie Long (DFL-Mpls), HF5156, as amended, would appropriate $300,000 fro...
