Tag: Minnesota Legislature
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...
Senator proclaims loyalty is to district, ‘not the DFL,’ before voting...
A DFL senator from an east metro swing district expressed a lack of confidence on Monday that her Democratic colleagues will work in a bipartisan...
Impact of new mandates a major concern for school districts and...
The Senate Education Policy Committee recently heard from local school officials about the impacts new mandates are having on schools. Led by Sen. Julia...