LEGISLATURE
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Deep Divisions Surface Over Medicaid Work Requirement
Shauna Reitmeier sat at a Minnesota Senate committee table telling lawmakers the bill they were considering would hurt mentally ill patients she serves. Sitting inches to her right Thursday, March 29...
Posted on 3/30/18 at 10:04 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Unauthorized
For some, it willprobablyopen a scab woundthat has just barely started toheal. A few of us got a firstlook Sunday night at the still unfinished "The Fighting Sioux: Unauthorized" movie. (I've seen sev...
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:54 AM
COMPASS POINTS: NEWS FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH HERALD OUTDOOR WRITER BRAD DOKKEN Fishing and Deer License Increases, Blaze Pink and Scopes on Muzzleloaders All Are on Tap in Minnesota if Dayton Signs Environment and Natural Resources Budget Bill
Its too soon to say how the environment and natural resources budget bill Minnesota lawmakers passed Sunday will affect Department of Natural Resources fisheries and wildlife programs, but theres ce...
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:35 AM
STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH AMY DALRYMPLE ND Legislators Plan Study of Gas Royalty Deductions
BISMARCK A dispute between the North Dakota Department of Trust Lands and the oil industry over gas royalty payments will become part of a legislative management study under a bill lawmakers approved...
Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:24 PM
DOING IT DOWNTOWN Take a Breath, Then Continue the Human Rights Song
Take a Breath, Then Continue the Human Rights Song BY ROBYN ROHDE Cruelty Blindsided Astonished These adjectives and many more were uttered by a small group of people meeting recently to find out what...
Posted on 2/24/17 at 4:30 PM
Governor signs Minn. medical marijuana bill into law 
ST. PAUL – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the state’s medical marijuana bill into law. The bill creates a patient registry under the Department of Health relating to the therapeutic use of medical cannabis.
By Forum staff reports , May 29, 2014
Minnesota 'unsession' gets 1,175 obsolete laws off the state's books
ST. PAUL – It’s no longer a crime in Minnesota to carry fruit in an illegally sized container. The state’s telegraph regulations are gone. And it’s legal to drive a car in neutral – if you can figure out how to do it.
By Bill Salisbury, St. Paul Pioneer Press , May 27, 2014
New Minn. law ensures lab animals be adopted
Minnesota on Tuesday became the first state to ensure that dogs and cats used in laboratory testing be offered for adoption. Gov. Mark Dayton signed the Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill containing the Beagle Freedom Law.
By Craig McEwen , May 25, 2014
Plaque to honor American Indian veterans at Minnesota Capitol
ST. PAUL -- American Indian veterans will be honored Thursday with a memorial plaque placed on the Minnesota Capitol grounds. The plaque will be dedicated to all American Indian veterans who have served in peacetime and in war.
By Forum News Service , May 21, 2014
Dayton signs four bills for tax cuts and spending
ST. PAUL – Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed the four big tax-cut and spending bills passed by the Legislature last week.
By Bill Salisbury, St. Paul Pioneer Press , May 20, 2014
Washington Post says Grand Forks legislator is a politician to watch
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GRAND FORKS - A Washington Post blog has recognized state Rep. Kylie Oversen, D-Grand Forks, as a young political figure worth keeping an eye on.
By Forum News Service , May 20, 2014
2014 Minnesota legislative action roundup
A look at the action the Minnesota legislature took during the 2014 legislative session
By Don Davis , May 17, 2014
Minn. legislative session was personal
ST. PAUL – Minnesota state Sen. Kent Eken fought for years to increase pay for those who care for the elderly and disabled, but as state legislators wound down their 2014 session, he made it personal.
By Don Davis , May 17, 2014
Minn. legislative session was personal
ST. PAUL – Minnesota state Sen. Kent Eken fought for years to increase pay for those who care for the elderly and disabled, but as state legislators wound down their 2014 session, he made it personal.
By Don Davis , May 17, 2014
Pipelines allow Minnesota Legislature to flow to adjournment
ST. PAUL - Pipe dreams expressed early in the 2014 Minnesota legislative session gave way to pipelines as it neared an end Friday night. The House adjourned for the year at 8:59 p.m. Friday, with the Senate following at 10:13 p.m. after two pipeline issues were settled in the final day.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 16, 2014
Minnesota Legislature approves medical marijuana bill
ST. PAUL - Minnesota is on the cusp of joining more than 20 states in legalizing medical marijuana. The state Senate voted 46-16 on Friday for a bill that would provide marijuana in the form of liquids and pills to terminally ill patients and those with eight serious medical conditions.
By Christopher Snowbeck, St. Paul Pioneer Press , May 16, 2014
Spending on construction projects up, taxes down slightly as Minnesota Legislature wraps up
ST. PAUL – Public construction projects across the state will receive more than $1 billion while some Minnesotans’ property taxes will fall slightly after legislators wrapped up two key bills Friday.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 16, 2014
Medical marijuana took a strange trip on its way to Minnesota legislative approval
ST. PAUL – Gov. Mark Dayton said early in the year that medical marijuana would not pass the Minnesota Legislature this year.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 16, 2014
MN legislators work toward adjournment as House passes bounding bill
ST. PAUL - Minnesota representatives approved a pair of public works funding bills spending more than $1 billion early today as lawmakers head toward what they hope is adjournment for the year in the coming hours.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 16, 2014
Compromise on water project plan could provide way to end Minnesota session
ST. PAUL - Rewriting this year's remaining major spending bills to fund a water project for dry southwestern Minnesota appears to have broken a legislative logjam.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 15, 2014
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