A shooting at a high school in Texas has thrust the issue of gun control and school safety back into the spotlight at the Minnesota Capitol, as lawmakers face a looming deadline to pass those proposals and a host of others.
Three high-profile bills at the Minnesota Legislature are struggling to survive the final days of the 2018 session. Frustrated lawmakers who backed the bills say they've seen this before: Legislation with broad support suddenly appears all but dead at session's end, usually with little or no public discussion as to why.
In the past, legislation related to the environment has been part of the final give-and-take, which sometimes can lead to the types of compromises that concern interest groups. Here's some of the legislation we're watching.
Scott Stillman was the star witness Tuesday at a Senate committee hearing. He had an alarming story to tell. The state program that subsidizes Minnesota day care operators was rife with fraud, he said, and scams were far more widespread than lawmakers realized. Left unsaid during the hearing: Stillman's documented, past problem with false statements.
There are more than 60 public stairways scattered across the city, most of them relics from a time when getting around was as common by foot as it was by horse, streetcar or automobile.
The House rejected a $867 billion farm bill on Friday — after spending days negotiating with key conservatives in an attempt to pass the bill without the support of Democrats.
Minnesota Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm said Friday that the backlog of more than 3,000 reports and open cases of elder abuse has been reduced to 122 cases.
