2024 legislative session begins with multiple controversial issues on the docket
This is not a "budget year," so much of the focus will be on a state building projects bonding bill and some controversial policy issues.
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This is not a "budget year," so much of the focus will be on a state building projects bonding bill and some controversial policy issues.
House DFLers are moving forward with a bill that allows school resource officers to use prone restraints on students but requires them to get training. A second hearing is set for Tuesday.
“We are moving quickly. And we are moving thoughtfully,” said House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park
When lawmakers return to the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, they’ll probably find last year’s historic legislative session hard to match.
The Minnesota Democrats in control at the Capitol will downshift in the 2024 legislative session starting Monday, meaning major policy changes and spending proposals won't fly through the chambers in succession as they did from the outset a year ago. DFL leaders say they will focus on passing a bonding bill and tweaking the details of several major bills from last year, notably legal cannabis ...