Tag: Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota lawmakers weigh taxpayer funding for local news program
(The Center Square) – Minnesota lawmakers are considering legislation that would provide taxpayer funding to support journalism internships and local news operations through the Minnesota...
Walz restructures DHS leadership; Republicans question timing
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tim Walz announced a leadership restructuring at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) this week, framing the move...
Democrats pass gun control bill that would outlaw certain firearm sales,...
The Minnesota Senate passed sweeping gun control legislation in a 34-33, party-line vote on Monday afternoon. That bill, SF 4067, would require Minnesotans to...
Republican Kristin Robbins suspends campaign for governor of Minnesota
Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins announced that she is suspending her campaign for Minnesota governor. In a lengthy Friday statement, Robbins said she came...
Push to impeach Walz, Ellison ‘far from over,’ says Minnesota lawmaker
Minnesota Rep. Ben Davis says the push to impeach Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison may have stalled at the State Capitol,...
‘The system is broken’: GOP governor candidate takes aim at omnibus...
State Rep. Peggy Bennett is in her twelfth year as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. During her time in office, she...
Christine Snell: ‘Climate Superfund’ really just a new tax on Minnesotans
The Minnesota Legislature is in session, meaning there’s no end of bad ideas for new legislation at the state Capitol. Among them are raising...
Rep. Leigh Finke’s ‘dead name’ appears on multiple traffic citations years...
More than five years after a Ramsey County judge granted Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke a legal name change from Christopher Leigh Finke to...
Fraudsters would pay 100 percent tax on stolen funds if Minnesota...
Minnesota lawmakers, frustrated over their inability to recover funds lost to fraud, came up with a proposal: imposing a 100-percent tax on fraudsters’ ill-gotten...
Minnesota House impeachment push against Walz, Ellison stalls in 8-8 committee...
A Republican-led effort to launch impeachment investigations into Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison stalled Wednesday after the Minnesota House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee...