Tag: Minnesota Senate
Senate passes three controversial bills, including ‘trans refuge’ legislation
A few hundred people filled the halls outside of the Minnesota Senate chambers Friday morning both in support of and opposition to three polarizing...
Senate debates bill that would reduce prison sentences for violent offenders
The DFL-controlled Minnesota Senate is expected to pass an omnibus public safety bill Friday that Republicans say would dramatically reduce prison sentences for certain...
DFL’s delivery fee runs into wall after key senator reveals opposition
A proposed 75-cent delivery fee on most retail goods sent to homes and businesses that DFLers in the House and Senate have included in their $8 billion...
Walz, DFL legislators express confidence on gun control bills, despite slim...
Will a publicity push this week from Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and former congresswoman turned gun control activist Gabby Giffords be enough to ensure...
DFL faces criticism for attempting to hinder third-party competition
It’s been about a quarter century since professional wrestler turned politician Jesse Ventura “shocked the world” and was elected governor of Minnesota.
But the ever-present critic...
Planned Parenthood reports 40% increase in second-trimester abortions
Dr. Sarah Traxler, the chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood North Central States, said second-trimester abortions have increased substantially in the region during a...
Senator calls for abolishing Met Council
Minnesota Sen. Mark Koran called for abolishing the Metropolitan Council, whose members are entirely unelected, in response to a damning new report issued Wednesday...
Legislature to students: There is such a thing as a free...
Minnesota is poised to become just the third state in the nation to provide free school meals for all students. But it will come...
DFL senator says his GOP colleagues look like ‘ethnically violent extremists’
A DFL state senator from Minneapolis intimated on the Senate floor earlier this week that his Republican colleagues seated in the front row of...
Senate passes bills to restore felon voting rights, give licenses to...
Two more bills are on their way to the governor’s desk: one to restore voting rights to felons when they leave prison and another...