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Minnesota Democrats reintroduce $100 million reparations bill
DFL legislators introduced a bill this week that would create an advisory council that would distribute up to $100 million in “reparation grants” to...
Latest ranked-choice voting bill fails on House floor
The latest iteration of ranked-choice voting legislation -- that’s been exclusively pushed by DFLers at the Capitol in recent years -- failed in the final...
House Dems scale back (again) a ranked-choice voting bill, then advance...
Jeanne Massey won’t give up her well-funded push to make Minnesota a ranked-choice voting state, even if it means the DFL legislators she’s partnering with continue to whittle...
Dr. Osterholm pushes ranked-choice voting at the legislature
Dr. Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease expert, is perhaps best known for his opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the longtime director of the...
Democrats from Edina and Woodbury vote against SRO fix bill in...
A coalition of Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota Senate voted to approve the “SRO fix” bill on Monday. But HF3489 came nine votes short of...
Democrats introduce bill to eliminate mandatory minimums for gun crimes
Two left-wing Democrats have introduced legislation to eliminate mandatory minimum prison sentences for crimes in which firearms were brandished, displayed, used to threaten, or...
Eight Democrats vote against school resource officer fix in Minnesota House
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the heavily publicized “SRO fix” bill by a near unanimous vote on Monday afternoon.
After weeks of negotiations between legislators, law...
Proposal to fix law on school resource officers stalls in Minnesota...
A proposed fix to a 2023 law that many law enforcement industry leaders across Minnesota say has created legal ambiguities for school resource officers on whether they...
Republicans run into DFL roadblock in attempt to fast-track passage of...
Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives wasted no time in the opening moments of the 2024 legislative session in attempting to fast-track passage of a seemingly bipartisan proposal to...
House set to take up bill on first day of session...
One of the first items that Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives will take up as the 2024 legislative session begins...