A fundamental redesign of the look and feel of the content in a child’s social media feeds received strong House support Tuesday. “No more ads, no more push notifications, no more infinite scrolling … and the strongest privacy protections,” Rep. Peggy …
Monday turned out to be a human services marathon on the House Floor. Addressing fraud in Department of Human Services programs remains a priority for both caucuses with a May 18 session deadline time-crunch staring at members. With this in mind, Rep. Joe …
While public schools are largely funded through state and federal dollars, Minnesota provides funds and services that extend beyond public and charter schools to reach the roughly 72,000 students attending Minnesota’s 467 nonpublic schools. These amenities …
Will the Senate agree to the House human services policy bill? Will a conference committee be needed to resolve differences? We’ll likely find out soon enough. There was no debate on the House Floor Monday before members passed HF729/SF476*, with a delete- …
The looming end of session means the end of an intense two-year conversation, Rep. Michael Howard (DFL–Richfield) said as he wrapped up a conference committee hearing on the housing finance and policy bill. “A lot of us have felt that weight because we …
There were two firsts at the public safety policy conference committee meeting Friday. It was the first conference committee to meet this year, and it was also the first to finish its business of reconciling the differences between House and Senate …
During a February House Health Finance and Policy Committee, a voice vote was called following debate about a bill to create a license for massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy. But, after hearing the “ayes” and “nays” from members, Co-Chair Rep. …
Some legislators aren’t fond of what could happen if the state conforms with Medicaid cuts, changes and restrictions included in HR1, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” But the fear of possibly losing billions of dollars of federal funding due to …
One year ago Friday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill concerning one of the highest-profile issues of this legislative biennium. But the House took no action in 2025. After months of stakeholder meetings — including representatives of all four …
Green grass is sprouting across the state, trees are in bloom and thousands of Minnesotans will take to the open water Saturday for the fishing opener. The House may have seemed climatology confused briefly talking about snow Wednesday, but it nonetheless …
Helping small businesses get paid on time and creating better working relationships is the crux of a bill referenced as the “Payment Transparency Act.” Sponsored in the House by Rep. Peggy Scott (R-Andover), the bill would increase payment transparency on …
It wasn’t a conference committee, but it looked a lot like one. Gathered around the semi-circular table in the center of the Capitol’s ground floor were members of the House and Senate tax committees. Between them sat Revenue Commissioner Paul Marquart, …
Political violence is all too real here in Minnesota and across the country. In these politically tense times, more security measures are needed to make everyone feel safe. To that end, Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL-Shoreview) sponsors a public safety funding and …
Sen. Sandra Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) is a “Nervous Nelly” about the state of the bonding bill. At a press conference on lead line replacement Wednesday, Pappas, alongside the House Capital Investment Committee Co-Chairs Rep. Mary Franson (R-Alexandria) and …
A rarely used legislative tactic will not occur in the final 12 days of this year’s session. A motion to issue a subpoena to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to produce documentation related to the Feeding Our Future scandal failed to garner enough support Tuesday …
A second fraud-fighting bill is headed to the House Floor. On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced HF2354, as amended, that would increase staffing for the state’s Medicaid fraud investigation unit in the Office of the Attorney General. “We …
Garbage is gross, and working at a garbage-sorting facility can’t be a very fun job. But the job becomes exponentially worse if the garbage contains nasty stuff that’s not even supposed to be there, like severed human body parts, unidentified and rotting …
Hennepin County Medical Center is known for being the destination for Minnesotans who have suffered terrible physical traumas, but now the state’s healthcare system could suffer a trauma of its own if the hospital closes. That seems to be the consensus …
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