— UPDATED at 4:38 p.m. May 17 after House vote What started as a bill to provide additional funding for 17 independent locally programmed and managed radio stations across the state has blossomed in the final days of the 2026 session to include more than …
— UPDATED at 10:56 p.m. following House vote Working late into the night is not uncommon during this time of session, and the public safety and judiciary finance conference committee demonstrated that late-Friday/early-Saturday. Conferees got together …
In the final weeks of the legislative session, House members not seeking re-election to the body have taken a turn at gaveling in a floor session. It’s an opportunity to look out at the chamber and their colleagues from the speaker’s rostrum for a final …
Like students sliding homework onto the teacher’s desk just as the bell rings, lawmakers wrapped up their higher education conference committee Friday with two minutes to spare. Senate leadership had asked the committee to finish by 4 p.m. to give revisor’ …
— UPDATED at 8:51 p.m. after floor action Thursday was the day when the always-simmering debate over guns boiled over in the House. While Wednesday night’s announcement of a budget agreement made headlines for a few hours Thursday, House DFLers returned to …
With the legislative session well into its own version of finals week, the higher education conference committee made significant progress Thursday. Members reviewing House and Senate versions of HF4252*/SF3943, took testimony and adopted several …
The conference committee report on the omnibus commerce policy bill is ready to go. But when the vote on the report will take place is unknown. Among the bill’s provisions, a crackdown on health insurance companies’ coverage of home care nursing services …
A conference committee on forecast adjustments met quickly Thursday to approve a report with little discussion. “All the things in here are no cost and are important,” said Rep. Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins) about her amendment during the conference …
It may have taken until four days remain in the Legislative session, but legislators now know what budget targets they must reach to make the math work on the last bills of the biennium. On Wednesday evening, House and Senate leaders and Gov. Tim Walz came …
“I think this is, for me, the most important bill that I’ve been involved with this year.” So said Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) of HF4808, which was approved, as amended, by the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday morning and is on its way to the …
— UPDATED at 2:16 p.m. following House vote Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund conferees reached agreement Wednesday evening on a $102.03 million bill that would fund 108 projects for education and outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife, and …
This year’s omnibus pension and retirement bill contains good news for probation officers and 911 telecommunicators. Passed 129-5 Wednesday by the House, the bill, among its provisions, would create a Public Employees Retirement Association-administered …
What left the House as a good bill, returned as a great bill. So said Rep. Michael Howard (DFL-Richfield) about the conference committee report on HF1141. Passed 105-28 Wednesday by the House, the housing finance and policy bill would provide $165 million …
The public safety and judiciary finance package conference committee has a big task ahead: closing a $23 million gap between House and Senate supplemental budget proposals. Wednesday morning conferees heard nonpartisan Senate staff walk through the side-by …
Each year, the joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims decides which tort claims against the state should be funded. This year’s bill contains just over $5.1 million in Fiscal Year 2027 payments, including $4.5 million to Marvin Haynes. He was wrongfully …
For the first time in state history, a committee was created in January 2025 to specifically focus on oversight. A report summarizing that work and providing recommendations for improvement was approved Wednesday by the House Fraud Prevention and State …
Representatives and senators agree on asking voters in November 2026 about a constitutional amendment that would increase the distribution from the permanent school fund from 2.5% to 4.5%. They disagree about how that distribution should be able to be …
A public safety policy containing potential changes ranging from banning predictive market wagering to requiring inmates to complete court-ordered restitution payments before they can be considered for supervised release is headed to the governor. The …
The size and scope of an agreed-upon housing package surprised even its negotiators. “If you had told us at the beginning of session we would pass a $165 million housing bill in the final days, no one would have believed it,” said Rep. Spencer Igo (R- …
Rep. Kim Hicks (DFL-Rochester) wants to put more teeth in Minnesota Human Rights Act provisions that prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. To that end, she sponsors HF2380/SF3210* that would add language to the public policy statement …
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