Tag: Minnesota Senate
Legislator authors academic freedom bill for faculty, opposes similar measure for...
A St. John’s University professor moonlighting as a legislator is carrying a bill this session that would codify into law “academic freedom” protections for post-secondary faculty....
Effort to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving free college voted down...
A Republican legislator in the Minnesota Senate put forward an amendment that would ensure illegal immigrants do not receive college aid from a state-funded...
Republicans now hold lead over Democrats in high-stakes race for Minnesota...
A new poll released by KSTP and SurveyUSA says Republicans hold a slim lead over Democrats in the 2024 race for the Minnesota House...
DFL looks to increase minimum wage, indexed to inflation, with no...
Small business leaders across the state are criticizing a proposed minimum wage increase that Democrats in the Senate passed on a party-line vote last...
Industries line up to oppose DFL senator’s bill mandating recyclable packaging
Businesses from a wide variety of commercial industries across Minnesota and the nation are pushing back on a bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature...
Democrats reject amendment to require informing people if they’re eating bugs
Democrats in the Minnesota Senate voted down an amendment that would have required foods containing bugs or "cell-cultured" products to be labeled as such.
On...
‘Ban on book bans’ included in education bill passed by DFL...
A proposed statewide “ban on book bans” in public schools and libraries is just one of about 100 new provisions contained in a DFL-backed omnibus education...
Illegal immigrants would be eligible for unemployment benefits under $10 million...
Minnesota Democrats have introduced a bill that would set aside $10 million for a new unemployment program.
Called the “Worker Opportunity Act,” the legislation would...
Legislators head back to work after Easter break with 8 weeks...
After a four-day Easter break that symbolically represents the mid-point of the legislative session, Minnesota’s 133 House members and 67 senators headed back to...
Senate Dems approve $110K legal settlement with ex-staffer who alleged discrimination
Democrats in the Rules Committee of the Minnesota Senate approved a proposed legal settlement Tuesday with a former staffer of theirs, Carly Melin. Once...