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State fair poll yields surprising result on bans of rainbow flag displays

A majority of participants in the 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives' State Fair Poll are in favor of allowing schools and government buildings to...
Capitol

House Republicans cry foul as Speaker Hortman cuts off debate over a paid leave...

Can anything good happen after midnight? That adage was tested in both legislative chambers at the Minnesota Capitol in the early hours of Thursday morning. As...
health

Health insurers would be required to cover ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors under DFL bill

Health care insurance companies that do business in Minnesota would be required to cover “gender-affirming care" for children and adolescents under a bill that passed...

DFL bill would require some landlords to divest single-family homes or face $100K fine

More than two dozen DFL lawmakers are hoping to advance a bill that would require “corporate” landlords to divest some of their single-family homes...
religious

Democrats refuse to take up bill that would restore long-standing religious liberties

Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives refused to take up a bill that would have restored long-standing religious liberties in Minnesota. For decades, Minnesota...

DFL fast-tracks rainbow flag bill to House floor, despite GOP protest over process

A bill that would prohibit public and charter schools from banning any displays of rainbow flags that teachers or staff post in classrooms is headed to the House floor. But one...

DFL legislators want to enshrine trans sports in state law, ban removal of LGBT...

A group of Democrats are putting forward legislation to enshrine transgender sports in state statute and ban the removal of LGBT flags in many...

Democrats lambast people of faith, block protections for religious institutions

A group of left-wing Democrats lambasted people of faith Thursday in a Minnesota House of Representatives committee hearing. Blocking an amendment that would continue...

Democrats express confidence in push to pass radical ‘Equal Rights Amendment’

A group of Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature known as the "Reproductive Freedom Caucus" held a press conference Wednesday to discuss their priorities for...

Democrats push gun control bills in the wake of Burnsville tragedy

A group of activists and Democratic state legislators held a press conference on Wednesday to advocate for a series of gun control bills. The...