Tag: Minnesota Legislature
Senate adopts measure requiring bodycam release when elected officials are charged...
Last week, the Minnesota Senate adopted HF2432, the judiciary and public safety omnibus bill that originated in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
During debate on...
Minnesotans rally at the Capitol against Walz’s cuts to non-public school...
Hundreds of students, parents, and community members rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday to oppose Gov. Tim Walz’s proposed budget cuts that would...
Republicans say their fraud tipline received 530 submissions in its first...
A tipline designed to collect allegations of fraud in Minnesota government entities received 530 submissions in its first week, according to Republican lawmakers.
On Tuesday,...
DFL, GOP senators deadlock on ethics complaint against Sen. Champion
Following a more than two-hour hearing at the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, a panel of four state senators deadlocked at 2-2 on whether they should...
Republican Keri Heintzeman sworn in as Minnesota senator
The Minnesota Senate returned to its 34-33, razor-thin majority that Democrats have over Republicans this week—with less than two weeks to go in the...
GOP lawmakers propose income cap on universal school lunches to help...
A group of suburban lawmakers—who all happen to be Republican—are advocating for what they call a creative and pragmatic approach to helping school districts...
Minnesota House rejects amendment to block illegal immigrants from free college...
The Minnesota House passed House File 2431, a higher education finance bill, on April 28 with a 120-14 vote, but rejected an amendment to stop taxpayer-funded college...
Senate amendment would ‘fundamentally alter’ homeschooling in Minnesota, advocates warn
Last week, the Minnesota Senate discussed its education omnibus bill, SF 1740. During that multi-hour floor session, many different amendments were offered and voted...
Minneapolis Public Schools admits to paying $7.5M to van company—$4M above...
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has responded to a data request and confirmed, to date, that it has paid Frontier Transportation Services $7.5 million since...
Republican Keri Heintzeman wins Minnesota Senate special election
Republican Keri Heintzeman easily defeated her DFL opponent Denise Slipy in a special election for Minnesota Senate District 6 Tuesday night.
Unofficial results from the...