Minnesota Senate OKs Hands-Free Driving Bill, All But Assuring Passage
Hands-free bills have been proposed for ten years at the Minnesota State Capitol, including last year when a hands-free bill went nowhere in the Minnesota Senate.
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Hands-free bills have been proposed for ten years at the Minnesota State Capitol, including last year when a hands-free bill went nowhere in the Minnesota Senate.
It takes an act of Congress to change daylight saving time nationwide and there's a bill to do that, which President Donald Trump said Monday he supports. Minnesota can pass its own law, but it has to wait for Congress.
A Minnesota Senate committee has defeated a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota, effectively killing the legislation for the year.
The Minnesota Senate Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing school districts to write off snow days.
The field is set for what's likely to be a hard-fought special election for a state Senate seat in eastern Minnesota next month.
Minnesota lawmakers are in the homestretch, facing a lengthy to-do list and less than two days to finish their work.
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.
If lawmakers do nothing at Minnesota's tax code, hundreds of thousands could face steep tax hikes
An effort to force votes on two gun control measures in the Minnesota senate appears to have failed.
Lawmakers are moving quickly after a recent court decision to release a sex offender who admitted he molested more than 30 children.
The measure would make misrepresenting pets as trained service animals a petty misdemeanor, roughly the equivalent of a speeding ticket.
A group of high school students briefly shut down a Minnesota Senate committee hearing by calling on lawmakers address gun violence in schools.
The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill Monday that will add strict oversight and nearly $10 million in funding to fix the state's computer system for vehicle licensing.
Democrats in Minnesota held on to a state Senate seat in a rare Monday special election, preserving their hopes of retaking the chamber later this year.
Minnesota voters were choosing successors Monday for two legislators who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, as Democrats sought to remain in striking distance of taking back the state Senate and add a solidly Republican state House seat to their list of upsets leading up to the midterms.
Minnesota's Republican Senate leader says he is preparing to lay off staffers and close down the Senate if a budget impasse with the Democratic governor goes much longer.
Top Republican leaders are warning of layoffs at the legislature because Democratic Governor Mark Dayton vetoed their operating funds.
Lawmakers say the pay hike is justified because of the long hours on the job, and that it's hard to get good people to run for office.
State Sen. Jeremy Miller says he won't run for the southern Minnesota congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Tim Walz.
Back-to-back all-nighters and new deadlines did not lead to a deal at the State Capitol.
Top lawmakers are back at the negotiating table Tuesday night, trying to break a budget stalemate.
The Minnesota Legislature's budget work is at a standstill. Lawmakers have until May 22 to wrap up a new, two-year budget.
The Minnesota Senate passed two bills that restrict abortion and sent them to the governor Thursday -- sparking protest at the State Capitol.
Senate Republicans are pursuing deep tax cuts over the next two years for students, families and those on Social Security.
The Legislative Salary Council voted 13-1 Friday to increase lawmaker's pay to $45,000, their first raise since 1999.
