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Senators skip cybersecurity hearing
Election cybersecurity, once described as one of the lightest legislative lifts of 2019, has devolved into a stubborn controversy that some Democrats worry foreshadows turbulence ahead as this year’s Capitol session enters the home stretch. It boils down to a simple unanswered question: How much of $6.6 million in Help America Vote Act funds, which ...
Tax bill is a key soccer stadium goal
Election cybersecurity, once described as one of the lightest legislative lifts of 2019, has devolved into a stubborn controversy that some Democrats worry foreshadows turbulence ahead as this year’s Capitol session enters the home stretch. It boils down to a simple unanswered question: How much of $6.6 million in Help America Vote Act funds, which ...
The Capitol Note: House offers another tax-cuts package
The bill was amended only slightly during Thursday's proceedings.
The Capitol Note: House moves tax cut bill
The tax repeal package, and Lenczewski's dedication to moving it immediately, drew support from the committee's Republicans.
Cities, counties aim to extend tax exemptions
Last session, after the Legislature exempted city and county government from paying the state’s general sales tax on most purchases, the move was heralded as a long-overdue triumph of common sense. After all, what is the logic in the government taxing the government?
The Capitol Note: MNsure board talks about new figures and hiring a permanent leader
The board also discussed its thinking about hiring a full-time, permanent replacement for April Todd-Malmlov.
Judicial retention bill faces uncertain future
The 2014 legislative session could set the stage for a high-profile battle over how Minnesota picks its judges. A broad coalition is renewing a push to pass a ballot initiative that would move the state to a judicial retention election system.
News links: Swanson, Dayton to butt heads on sex offender release
Swanson’s opposition creates another political obstacle to the administration’s efforts to modify the terms of confinement for about 700 men.
Capitol restoration update: There goes the lawn, Senate searches for swing space
Construction crews will begin taking up big sections of the lawn in the front the Capitol building, the Senate is searching for a swing space in 2014 and officials are preparing for the possibility that the chambers could be off-limits in 2015.
Will tobacco tax estimate go up in smoke?
The consequences of raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes, as the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton have now agreed to do, are no simple matter to sort out. This much is acknowledged by all.
Gary Carlson: Local governments big winners in ’13
From where Gary Carlson sits, the 2013 legislative session proved to be more beneficial to the city governments for which he lobbies than he dared hope when the session began five months ago.
Proposed constitutional amendment dealing with legislator pay headed to ballot
A proposed constitutional amendment that would give an independent panel the authority to set salaries for House and Senate members passed the Senate on Monday morning by a 43-23 vote margin. The amendment is expected to be on the ballot in 2016.
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