Minnesota Legislature
Meet representatives, share your opinion at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair
By HPIS Staff
Fairgoers are invited to weigh in on hot political topics and meet with legislators during their visit to the House of Representatives’ booth at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair.
Located in the Education Building, the booth features our annual informal, unscientific opinion poll. More than 8,000 votes were cast last year.
This year, fairgoers can let their opinions be known on cell phone uses in schools, firearms storage, when the Legislature meets, where sports gambling should be allowed, digital drivers’ licenses and environmental funding. Results are scheduled to be on the House website (www.house.mn.gov) Sept. 3, the day after the fair closes.
Folks can also talk to members, stand behind a replica of the House Speaker’s desk for a photo opportunity, pick up information about the Legislature and don the always-popular Capitol Dome hat.
Recent Dailies
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By Tim Walker
Legislation to distribute $16.75 million in onetime fiscal year 2025 funding among more than 40 organizations and municipalities for job training programs and other workforce de...
House passes cannabis legislation aiming to speed up retail sales
By Tim Walker
Last summer, it became legal for adults to possess cannabis and grow cannabis plants for personal, recreational use.
But buying cannabis legally at a licensed retail busines...
Wide-ranging human services supplemental budget bill clears House panel
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By Margaret Stevens When session ended last year, House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee Chair Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center) had a goal: keep whole the Agricultural Growth, Resea...Labor committee advances supplemental finance bill
By Brian Basham A supplemental budget bill that would appropriate more than $9.57 million from the General Fund in fiscal year 2025, was approved by the House Labor and Industry Finance and Pol...Committee OK’s transportation policy, budget bill
By Margaret Stevens
The respect Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) has garnered literally filled a room Thursday as the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee took a short break to honor th...
Repeal of ban on plastic bag ordinances, limited spending included in state and local government bill that clears committee
By Mike Cook
Paper or plastic may not be a bagging option. Healthier food choices at the seat of state government may be forthcoming. And local capital investment requests may need to come w...
Judiciary panel advances $36 million bill to boost pay, expand restorative justice programs
By Tim Walker
Courthouse security, both physical and in cyberspace, plus pay boosts for courtroom interpreters and those who do mental health examinations in civil commitment and criminal pro...
Panel approves higher education finance bill with help for students who’ve experienced foster care
By Rob Hubbard
It’s been a pretty quiet session in the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, but there were a few days of tumult.
The crux of the conflict was that a relativ...
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House closes 2024 session in chaotic fashion, trading bonding for budget boosts
By Rob Hubbard
It was a session of modest ambitions.
After 2023 produced a record $72 billion in biennial funding, Minnesota’s legislative leaders were dampening expectations for anything ...
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...
