Legislative notebook: $1,000 reward for finding voter impersonation conviction
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is putting up $1,000 for anyone who can find a voter fraud case in the past decade that could have been avoided by a proposed constitutional amendment...
View ArticleDayton proposes more money, then wants city aid to change
Cities would receive more state money next year if legislators approve Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget, but after that some could get smaller checks from the Capitol. Continue reading →
View ArticleCare providers of children, elderly, disabled split over union question
A bill by Sen. Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, would allow child care providers to join unions. It would do the same for personal care attendants and other self-employed Minnesotans who serve the state’s...
View ArticleDayton would veto bonding over fire sprinkler provision
Gov. Mark Dayton dropped a legislative bombshell Monday when he announced that he is willing to give up $846 million in public works projects around Minnesota if legislators insist on overturning a...
View ArticleFlu, norovirus, Ebola equal busy time
Flu and norovirus cases increased last year just as the Ebola scare eased in Minnesota, creating one of the busiest infectious disease years health experts remember. “It was a good year for bad bugs,”...
View ArticlePolitical Chatter: Midwest man to run GOP convention
A long-time Minnesota political operative with North Dakota roots and who lives part-time in Wisconsin will run the 2016 Republican National Convention. The four-day event Jeff Larson will oversee is...
View ArticleChild Caregivers Seek Improvements
Child care providers say they face a myriad of problems the Minnesota Legislature needs to solve. Julie Seydel of the Minnesota Association of Child Care Professionals told a Senate committee Monday...
View ArticleSenators Back ‘granny Pods’ For Sick Family Members
Minnesota senators overwhelmingly support allowing elderly or disabled people, especially those nearing death, to live in small homes on family property. “Some aging Minnesotans are put in a position...
View ArticleDayton Starts Public Works Campaign
Gov. Mark Dayton may not be up for election in November, but he is campaigning this week. The Democratic governor launched a three-day statewide tour Wednesday to sell Minnesotans on the need for a...
View ArticlePrivate School Credits Will Not Count At Public Schools
By Maureen McMullen, Forum News Service Public high school students in Minnesota will not likely be allowed to earn credits at private schools as one piece of legislation proposed. Neither the state...
View ArticleWith Senator By Dying Father, Senate Stops Budget Work
The Minnesota Legislature’s rush to pass budget bills stopped Wednesday afternoon to allow a senator to be with her dying father. Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, was back home with her father, Senate...
View ArticleLegislature Slows Budget Work As Senator Heads To Ill Father
Work on the Minnesota state budget slowed Wednesday to allow a senator to be with her dying father. House members pressed ahead, passing a tax-cut bill and another funding transportation. Budget...
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