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The bill would allow cities and counties to have dual licensing powers over retailers of cannabis products within their jurisdiction. Cities and counties want much more.
The Legislature is expected to approve funding to provide all Minnesota students with lunch and breakfast, but lawmakers needed to find a new way to identify high-needs schools for additional aid.
But the Minnesota Legislature is poised to change state law to allow offenders to vote as soon as they are released from custody.
The Transit Service Intervention Project would start with an intensive, three-month effort with both social service workers and law enforcement to connect people with services while also enforcing the rules.
With a federal moratorium on kicking Medicaid enrollees off during the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment in Medicaid grew by 330,000 people in Minnesota. It grew nationally by nearly 28% to 90.9 million people.
Dooley devoted his retirement to cycling and transit issues and would often clip and send articles about policy issues to lawmakers, advocates and reporters.
The CROWN Act passed the Legislature and was signed into law last week but not before a Senate debate over beards.
Updating the way Minnesota responds to hate crimes has been a goal of a community coalition and DFL lawmakers for three years. Doing so this session could be another result of the trifecta that emerged from the 2022 election.
A perennial legislative issue — state preemption of local government decisions — has been turned on its head when it comes to recreational marijuana.
The most expensive legislative race in terms of independent expenditures was in Senate District 36 where DFL candidate Heather Gustafson of Vadnais Heights defeated GOP incumbent Roger Chamberlain of Lino Lakes.
Sen. John Marty, a DFLer from Roseville, is the new chair of the Senate Finance Committee, a legislative panel that usually is the place where the 10 or so big omnibus bills get their final touches and final approval.
A $17.6 billion surplus means Walz gets to both spend money on new programs and cut taxes. In fact, the fun volume for Walz this year is at levels perhaps never seen before, as past state surpluses have mostly been in the $1 billion range.
Called “Democracy Dollars,” the proposal would automatically send Minnesota voters coupons to easily spend on their favorite candidates.
With gas taxes, motor vehicle excise taxes and tab fees are all coming in lower than was projected a year ago, are tax hikes coming?
Those who fought for marriage equality say conversations with Minnesotans about their values helped ensure defeat in 2012 of a constitutional amendment and the legalization of same-sex marriage, signed into law May 14, 2013.
How soon? Who’s in charge? How high will taxes be? How will criminal records be expunged? MinnPost’s guide to the marijuana legalization bill being considered at the Legislature in 2023 answers these questions and more.
The panel did send 12 names to the Legislature, where they will again be reviewed by the combined House and Senate higher education committees.
Reporting by MinnPost in 2020 showed Minnesota’s ‘ban the box’ laws covered everything except government boards and commissions such as the Public Utilities Commission and Metropolitan Council.
A court case arguing that those convicted of felonies should have their voting rights restored when being released from prison has waited nearly 14 months for a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling. Meanwhile, DFL state lawmakers hope to change the law.
The revenue from the bill might not even be enough to pay for the regulation, enforcement and economic development efforts contained in the measure.
