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Minnesota House Democrats vote down bill to restore funding for pregnancy...
For more than 100 minutes on Thursday, Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives engaged in a heated floor debate over whether to restore...
Democrats vote against bill requiring legislative approval for extending emergency declarations
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives voted against legislation that would end peacetime emergency declarations after 14 days unless three-fifths of both chambers...
Legislation requiring more disclosure from attorney general defeated in floor vote
On Thursday, Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives brought their first bill of the 2025 legislative session to the floor for a full...
EXCLUSIVE: DFL legislator awarded 108K settlement in employment dispute, but taxpayers...
According to documents obtained by Alpha News, State Rep. Bianca Virnig, DFL-Eagan, was awarded a payment of $108,224.54 from her former employer, BrightWorks, in...
House committee approves payment to DFLer’s legal counsel in outside employment...
On Tuesday, the Rules Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives authorized a $10,391.40 payment to the legal counsel of State Rep. Bianca Virnig,...
‘Equal Rights Amendment’ headed to House floor Monday
A controversial “Equal Rights Amendment” bill is headed to a floor vote in the Minnesota House of Representatives on Monday.
DFL legislative leaders in the House Rules...
Minnesota Democrats propose bill that would allow for a full-time legislature
Over three dozen Democratic state legislators are supporting a bill that would allow the Minnesota Legislature to become a full-time legislature. Authored by House...
Legislators call for aid to ‘neighbor’ Somalia amid ‘climate change catastrophe’
On Monday, Minnesota Rep. Samakab Hussein, D-St. Paul, organized a press conference at Minnesota's State Capitol to call for "immediate, unrestricted humanitarian aid" to...
Democrats on state House committee vote themselves a per diem pay...
The 2023 Minnesota legislative session wrapped up about three weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean lawmakers have stopped working.
Democrats in a state House legislative...
Legislators finalize HHS bill that expands MinnesotaCare to illegal immigrants
Minnesota is poised to become the second state in the nation to allow illegal immigrants to enroll in a state health insurance program for...