Tag: DFL
DFL, GOP senators deadlock on ethics complaint against Sen. Champion
Following a more than two-hour hearing at the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, a panel of four state senators deadlocked at 2-2 on whether they should...
Reinstated DFL leader pushes to avoid trial in deadly hit-and-run
Despite being charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a teen, Cynthia "Cyndy" Martin appears to have been reinstated as the chair of Minnesota’s...
Dems vote down proposal to require reporting of illegal immigrants suspected...
The Minnesota House of Representatives came to a stalemate on Friday afternoon over a measure that would require local agencies to cooperate with federal authorities on...
‘This is an astounding surge’: GOP issues warning as 17,000 illegal...
The number of illegal immigrants enrolled in MinnesotaCare has far exceeded the initial estimates put forward by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (MDH),...
Craig reports $1.2 million raised in Q1 as she mulls US...
Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig is reporting over $1.2 million raised in the first quarter of 2025, a substantial increase from the $688,000 she raised...
Controversial ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ resurfaces at legislature, unlikely to pass
Legislation that attempts to enshrine abortion access, transgender rights, and other items in the Minnesota Constitution was reviewed in a meeting of the State...
Edina DFLer rewrites bill that would have eliminated anonymous public data...
A school board member-turned-legislator has dramatically rewritten legislation about data requests to school districts that had worried open government advocates.
Rep. Julie Greene, DFL-Edina, first...
Legislators debate whether state law should recognize ‘inherent right’ of wild...
Should state law recognize that certain plants have “inherent rights” to exist?
That became an intensely debated topic among legislators and testifiers during a hearing...
DFL lawmakers propose eliminating $500 fine for passing stopped school buses
Minnesota’s stop-arm law is clear: when a school bus extends its stop-sign arm and flashes red lights, vehicles must stop at least 20 feet...
House committee considers legislation to cut funding for grant programs, free...
Legislators in the Minnesota House of Representatives are considering a slate of bills that would direct money away from several programs established by Democrats...