Tag: Minnesota Legislature
Gun rights activists sue Walz, Ellison, over binary trigger ban contained...
A Second Amendment rights organization is suing Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension over an expansive omnibus bill that the DFL-controlled legislature...
Republican plan to ‘Make Minnesota Safe’ opposed by Democrats in committee
A public safety package offered by Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives was advanced out of the House Public Safety Committee on Tuesday...
State Republicans ask DOJ to investigate Walz administration’s ‘continuous inaction’ on...
Minnesota Republicans are asking the Department of Justice to step in and investigate “the growing fraud in our state,” according to a letter sent...
New fraud prevention and oversight committee holds first hearing in Minnesota...
Legislators serving on the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives met for the first time Monday...
Sen. Nicole Mitchell faces second felony charge
Prosecutors filed an amended criminal complaint Monday charging Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell with a second felony.
Mitchell, a first-term Democrat from Woodbury, was initially charged...
Walz’s budget proposal slashes key funding for private school students
Gov. Tim Walz’s latest budget proposal eliminates funding for nonpublic pupil aid and nonpublic pupil transportation aid, cutting resources that have supported Minnesota’s private...
Demuth elected speaker as DFLers appear on House floor after three-week...
Lisa Demuth had already been elected speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives once this legislative session. But on Thursday, that designation was made official, as enough...
Republicans unveil bills to crack down on sanctuary cities, state services...
Members of the House Republican Caucus unveiled two priority bills at a Wednesday press conference: the first would preclude illegal aliens from receiving state...
Deal reached to end Minnesota House standoff
The DFL’s three-week boycott of the legislative session will come to an end this week after party leaders agreed on terms for organizing the...
GOP begins effort to recall all 66 DFL legislators who are...
The Republican Party of Minnesota announced it is kicking off an effort to recall all 66 DFL members of the Minnesota House of Representatives...