MN Legislative RSS

• Omnibus workforce bill — praised for protecting workers, criticized as bad for business — passes House
  Sponsored by Rep. Mohamud Noor (DFL-Mpls), HF1342/SF1098* was passed 69-64, as amended, Tuesday and now heads back to the Senate, where Sen. Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake) is the sponsor.
• Omnibus education finance and policy bill clears House
  With a 2% general education funding increase and extended funding for early learning initiatives, the House passed the omnibus education finance and policy bill Monday.
• House passes omnibus higher education bill, sends it back to the Senate
  With tuition freezes, new workforce development programming and additional funding for the state’s public colleges and universities, the omnibus higher education finance and policy bill was passed by the House Monday.
• Omnibus transportation bill travels on following House passage
  A penny-per-gallon gas tax increase and “driver’s licenses for all” are among provisions of the omnibus transportation finance bill passed 69-62, as amended, by the House during a rare Saturday session.
• House passes wide-ranging, more than $1 billion state government, veterans, elections bill
  Sponsored by Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL-Brooklyn Park), HF1952 is the omnibus state government finance and elections, veterans and military affairs bill. It was approved 69-62 by the House.