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Week in Review: April 22-26

By HPIS Staff
The House Ways and Means Committee met in a State Office Building hearing room filled to capacity for an April 25 meeting. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)
The House Ways and Means Committee met in a State Office Building hearing room filled to capacity for an April 25 meeting. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)

Members got back to work after a Passover break this week that meant official House business didn’t begin until Wednesday, when committees convened and members gathered for a floor session to continue passing bills off the floor.

Conference committees also ramped up their work and the House Ways and Means Committee began merging bills to better align them with their Senate counterparts as this year’s legislative session closes in on its final phase.

Marathon floor sessions may soon await — perhaps as early as Monday. Eight bills are on the days' Calendar for the Day, including three — HF4300, HF601 and HF2609 — that involve firearms. Another bill, HF4444, concerns misclassification of employees and has provoked lengthy discussions on its path to the floor.

Have a good weekend and here’s a look back at what happened over the last few days.
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Recent Dailies

Cooperative districts seek state funds for facilities serving high-need students
By Margaret Stevens
Barb Mackey, left, assistant special education director at Northern Lights Special Education Academy Cooperative, and Tiffany Litman, executive director at Area Special Education Cooperative, testify April 3 in support of HF4282. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) Scores of Minnesota school districts aim to use new levying authority and help from the Legislature to ensure students have a safe, appropriate place to learn. Wednesday, me...
Electrical upgrade costs could be shared under bill
By Rob Hubbard
Logan O'Grady, executive director of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association, shares a laugh with Rep. Patty Acomb April 3 before testifying before the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee. Acomb sponsors HF5097. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) When she decided to have solar panels installed on her home, Rep. Patty Acomb (DFL-Minnetonka) learned something about the economics of introducing a new mode of generating elec...
Minneapolis public housing authority seeks $35 million in state money for affordable units
By Miranda Bryant
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey testifies before the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee April 3 in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Hodan Hassan, right, that would provide $35 million in affordable housing funding. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) The largest non-federal funding amount ever given to the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority would allow for equipping and refurbishing 700 deeply affordable family housing uni...
‘Mining’ critical materials from trash could close loop on circular economy
By Margaret Stevens
Rep. Alicia “Liish” Kozlowski Made right, made here, boom! That is the summation made by Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora) of a circular economy that can recover critical materials from discarded phones, ...
Shorter courses could improve driving safety among older people, bill supporters say
By Tim Walker
Rep. Robert Bierman Older people may have longer attention spans than younger people, but slogging through an eight-hour driving safety course can be unrealistic for many people, regardless of age....
Governor’s proposed 2024 education finance bill includes expansion of voluntary pre-K program
By Brian Basham
(House Photography file photo) The governor’s proposed supplemental education budget for fiscal year 2025 may save the state roughly $9 million in the General Fund. The House Education Finance Committee r...
Supplemental budget request aims to address nitrate-contaminated drinking water
By Miranda Bryant
More than 9,000 people in southeastern Minnesota are at risk of consuming nitrate-contaminated private well water. They could receive help under a windfall recently realized by ...
Taxing land vs. the buildings on it at core of House bill
By Rob Hubbard
Rep. Steve Elkins presents HF1342 to the House Property Tax Division April 3. The proposal would authorize cities to create land-value taxation districts. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) If your property taxes have risen in recent years, it’s usually because the value of your home has gone up, whether because of market forces or an improvement you’ve made to the...
STEM, tech programs could get combined $3 million for underserved, underrepresented communities
By Tim Walker
Nadira Mohamed, left, testifies before the House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee April 3 in support of HF5065 to provide funding for the Minnesota STEM Project and the Milestone Tech Program. Kawthar Mohamud also testified. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) A pair of one-time appropriations both from the Workforce Development Fund aim to assist the Minnesota STEM Project and Milestone Tech Program. Sponsored by Rep. Samakab Hus...
Software could speed up homeowners’ switch to solar
By Rob Hubbard
Bobby King, state program director at Solar United Neighbors, testifies April 2 in support of a bill to provide financial incentives to local permitting authorities that use federal developed software to automate and streamline permit reviewing and issuing process for residential solar projects. Rep. Ned Carroll sponsors HF5171. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) If you want to speed up the process of putting solar panels on your house, Rep. Ned Carroll (DFL-Plymouth) suggests there’s an APP for that. The “APP” in SolarAPP+ stands fo...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs proposed $512 million supplemental budget on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months. On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...

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