Tag: Heather Gustafson
Minnesota House passes landmark bill that would create independent office to...
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that would create an independent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to investigate...
Major anti-fraud proposal clears legislative hurdle despite opposition in committee
On Wednesday, lawmakers in the Ways and Means Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives advanced SF 856, a bill that would establish an...
Walz dodges on whether Office of Inspector General should have law...
At a Thursday press conference, DFL Gov. Tim Walz dodged a question about whether the proposed Office of the Inspector General (OIG) should have...
Contentious floor fight over inspector general, Operation Metro Surge foreshadows difficult...
Thursday night marked the first floor debate in the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 2026 legislative session. What started as an unremarkable floor...
Republican state legislator says Tim Walz tried to stop bipartisan anti-fraud...
GOP State Sen. Steve Drazkowski said that Gov. Tim Walz tried to scuttle a bipartisan bill that would establish an independent office of the...
State officials announce third-party review of Capitol security after naked intruder...
Law enforcement officials announced they are hiring a third-party to conduct a review of the Minnesota State Capitol's security protocols. The news comes just...
Plan to establish statewide Office of the Inspector General advancing in...
With an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Minnesota Senate passed legislation Thursday to establish a statewide Office of the Inspector General. This development comes in...
GOP senator accuses DFL colleagues of ‘playing politics’ with her straw...
Could a bill that a Minnesota senator introduced and advanced with bipartisan support through a committee in the legislature last year have prevented the murder last month of two Burnsville police officers...
Republican state senator no longer supports gun control bill
Minnesota Sen. Karin Housley, R-Stillwater, removed her name from a gun control bill brought forward by several Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature. Signing on...
Legislators aim to address waste in new free school meals program
The DFL lawmaker who authored the universal school meals legislation that passed into law nearly one year ago is working to iron out some kinks in the new...