MN House Lawmakers Announce Series Of COVID-19 Legislation
Minnesota House leaders have announced a series of emergency legislation to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) Wednesday.
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Minnesota House leaders have announced a series of emergency legislation to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) Wednesday.
Minnesota House Democrats are moving full speed ahead on some of their top priorities for the 2020 session.
The GOP minority in the Minnesota House announced a slate of bills Monday aimed at reducing violent crime in Minneapolis and St. Paul and on the Metro Transit system, drawing a sharp retort from Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Over Zerwas's 13 years as a state lawmaker, he sponsored legislation for solitary confinement reform and "right to try" legislation, which makes clinical trials and experimental drugs more available for terminally-ill patients.
The Minnesota House of Representatives' annual state fair poll explored how Minnesotans feel about a number of issues at the state Capitol.
The Minnesota Senate has approved a Republican plan for preventing a state government shutdown if the Legislature's budget stalemate persists.
There's a new mix at Minnesota's big conference table for the always-contentious negotiations at the end of the legislative session over the big questions of taxes and spending.
The Minnesota House has voted narrowly to ban a resumption of wolf hunting for sport in Minnesota.
The House transportation bill, which includes the gas tax hike, passed the House Monday evening with a 74-58 vote, but it will likely stall out in the Republican-controlled Senate.
A massive $15 billion Health and Human Services package is moving forward at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Minnesota's top Republican at the State Capitol Thursday declared gun safety bills dead for the year. That's after Democrats used a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on gun control.
The Minnesota House approved a bill Monday night that would require drivers to use hands-free devices while driving.
Minnesota lawmakers and volunteers for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America rallied at the state capitol Wednesday to demand hearings on gun safety bills.
The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee voted in favor of a "Red Flag" bill, which would allow police to seize guns from anyone a judge ruled was a danger to themselves or others.
A Minnesota House panel launched three days of hearings Tuesday aimed at turning a spotlight on gender-based violence and closing loopholes and other gaps in state statutes that can make it hard to prosecute such crimes.
It is no secret that the Minnesota lawmakers sometimes hold raucous legislative sessions. But there's something even many lawmakers didn't know. House GOP leaders installed a "mute button" to cut off their microphones if things got rowdy!
A new survey reveals that one in five legislators or staffers in the Minnesota House has seen or experienced sexual harassment at the State Capitol.
A newly-elected Minnesota lawmaker is pushing to ban a kind of therapy that aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
It was a tale of two political parties in Minnesota on Wednesday: resurgent Democrats who tightened their grip on the governor's office and two U.S. Senate seats in Tuesday's election, and wincing Republicans shut out of statewide contests for a 12th straight year and swept out of power in the Minnesota House.
Minnesota House Speaker Daudt conceded Republicans will lose control of state House as Democrats swept the suburbs.
Minnesota lawmakers are in the homestretch, facing a lengthy to-do list and less than two days to finish their work.
Gov. Dayton and GOP leaders were searching for a compromise on a tax bill, and Dayton's push for additional school funding.
The Minnesota Senate prepared Thursday to vote on its plan syncing Minnesota's taxes with the federal government while modestly cutting income tax rates, the final piece of a three-way debate over taxes at the Capitol this year.
Minnesota House Republicans are proposing to spend $825 million on public works projects with a heavy focus on water infrastructure, roads and state building repairs.
The Minnesota House has passed a bill matching the state's tax code with new federal tax cuts.
