Minnesota Lawyer

Though destined for a veto, the House and Senate Tuesday both passed an omnibus health and human services bill that cleared conference committee a day earlier.

A measure to protect Minnesotans’ internet privacy quietly disappeared from the omnibus jobs and commerce bill currently in negotiations last week.

Gov. Mark Dayton wants full funding for Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea’s budget request.

The GOP House is poised to cap at $3 million the damages freight railroad operators would face should a disaster take place along a corridor it shares with light-rail commuter trains.

Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, said the omnibus public safety/judiciary funding bill presented false choices based on a “ridiculously low target” for agency spending increases.

House members are threatening to use their subpoena power over emails related to communications about $105 million in federal transportation funds

Lawmakers are nearing agreement on $9.2 million in emergency funding to make up for an unexpected spike in Corrections Department medical costs.

A bill to protect health insurers from hyper-expensive individual medical claims cleared its final House committee Wednesday.

Two finance provisions meant to mollify House Democrats were taken out of a bill that strips away municipal governments’ power to set local labor rules.