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House expected to debate proposed equal rights constitutional amendment
By Mike Cook
A state constitution contains basic principles that preside over a state, including its governmental powers and the guaranteed rights of its citizens.
Minnesota’s governing document could have a new provision come 2027.
Expected to be passed late Monday by the House, HF173/SF37* would ask voters at the 2026 general election if the state constitution should be amended to codify the right to equality.
The “Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment” ballot question would be: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to say that all persons shall be guaranteed equal rights under the laws of this state, and shall not be discriminated against on account of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, or sex, including pregnancy, gender, and sexual orientation?”
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Tenant-landlord bill agreement would protect domestic violence victims, omit prohibition of income discrimination
By Miranda Bryant The conference committee on a bill to modify residential housing tenant and landlord provisions reached an agreement Monday. The proposed legislation would, among other thin...House expected to debate proposed equal rights constitutional amendment
By Mike Cook
A state constitution contains basic principles that preside over a state, including its governmental powers and the guaranteed rights of its citizens.
Minnesota’s governing ...
Week in Review: May 6-10
By HPIS Staff
It was another long week with hours of debate on supplemental budget bills that have now, mostly, been passed off the House Floor, meaning conference committee season has fully ...
Human services conferees start work of compromising on budget bills
By Miranda Bryant The House and Senate have different human services policy and program appropriations in their supplemental budget bills. The process of compromising began Friday at the first me...Conference committee dives into transportation, labor, housing bill
By Margaret Stevens
A few days after each body passed extensive, multi-provision bills, conferees started reconciling differences on the transportation, labor and housing supplemental budget bill F...
Election conferees reach agreement on policy, budget provisions
By Mike Cook The votes were cast Friday afternoon. The result is an agreement on elections policy and budget provisions. However, it is not yet official because nonpartisan staff have be...House, Senate tax conferees convene to discuss differences
By Rob Hubbard
If there’s one thing the chairs of the House and Senate Taxes committees agree on, it’s the value of the child tax credit they created last year.
“I don’t call anything hist...
Conference committee begins work on supplemental education finance bill
By Brian Basham
The education supplemental budget bill committee has some homework to do after its initial meeting Friday.
There are many differences between the House and Senate language a...
Legalized sports betting back on track as session reaches home stretch
By Tim Walker
The phrase “down to the wire” comes from horse racing, where it was long the practice to stretch a wire across and above the track at the finish line.
The saying is also a t...
House gives OK to energy, agriculture and commerce package
By Rob Hubbard
Geothermal energy, anaerobic digesters and permitting reform for electricity transmission projects. Substance abuse treatment, recovery and prevention grants. Treatment of nitra...
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Ways and Means Committee OKs proposed $512 million supplemental budget on party-line vote
By Mike Cook
Meeting more needs or fiscal irresponsibility is one way to sum up the differences among the two parties on a supplemental spending package a year after a $72 billion state budg...
Minnesota’s projected budget surplus balloons to $3.7 billion, but fiscal pressure still looms
By Rob Hubbard
Just as Minnesota has experienced a warmer winter than usual, so has the state’s budget outlook warmed over the past few months.
On Thursday, Minnesota Management and Budget...
