Tony Cornish

Dec 2, 2015

Body cam ‘brouhaha’ foreseen

Data practices panel weighs conflicting options

Nov 24, 2015

Protests push prospects for special session

Gov. Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk have proposed a special session to deal, in part, with the state’s racial disparities.

Oct 16, 2015

Privacy, policing advocates set to square off

Body cams will top the marquee next session among issues having both data privacy and public safety implications.

Aug 12, 2015

Closed session yields no resolution on sex-offender program

The conference was meant to bring the parties together and seek common ground on potential remedies. Of those invited to participate, only Gov. Mark Dayton emerged with a detailed plan.

May 27, 2015

Cornish relishes being at the center of debates

Tony Cornish says he enjoyed the 2015 session, and got most of what he had wanted out of it.

Apr 30, 2014

In rare bipartisan gun vote, House passes domestic violence bill

By a vote of 111-15, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would bar suspected domestic abusers who are under active restraining orders from possessing firearms or ammunition.

Nov 26, 2013

Capitol panel wants to raise security budget

A committee responsible for recommending enhanced safety procedures at the Capitol is advocating a big increase in security spending, but remains deeply divided over the issue of firearms inside the Capitol.

May 13, 2013

Senate set to take up MSOP legislation, but problems remain in House

Rep. Tina Liebling vowed that she would pull her bill proposing changes to Minnesota’s troubled civil commitment program for sex offenders if Republicans asked for a roll call vote. The Rochester DFLer feared that Republicans would use any recorded vote to smear DFLers as soft on sex offenders when campaign season rolls around.

Apr 24, 2013

House passes $15.7B education finance bill

K-12 education finance bills that account for roughly 40 percent of the state’s general fund spending are moving through the House and Senate floors this week.

Apr 19, 2013

Judiciary, public safety finance bills clear House

The judiciary finance bill cleared the House on a 71-59 party line vote on Friday. The bill provides $785 million in funding for the court system in the next biennium.

Mar 22, 2013

Another year, another pension problem

The omnibus pension bill that’s beginning its path through the Legislature puts the state’s ailing pension funds for police and firefighters back on the path to solvency.

Mar 19, 2013

Gun proposals stall in the Legislature

After debating a bill to expand background checks to gun shows, private sales and online sales for nearly two hours Wednesday morning, the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee reconvened in the evening only for a moment to lay over the bill instead of taking a vote, leaving the fate of background checks hanging in limbo.