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Session Daily: Disciplinary practices, cursive requirement among policy differences in education finance bills
There were plenty of questions Tuesday, but not much debate, as conferees began reviewing language differences between the House and Senate versions of the omnibus education finance bill. The HF2400 conference committee resumed its work with...
Star Tribune: Bill would give amnesty to minors sexually assaulted while drinking or using drugs
Minnesota lawmakers are pushing an effort to provide amnesty to minors who have been sexually assaulted while drinking or using drugs. Under the bipartisan measure, sexual assault victims and those assisting them would be protected from prosecution for certain...
Star Tribune: After Legionnaires’ outbreak in Hopkins, an effort to regulate cooling towers
It took weeks for the Minnesota Department of Health to find the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Hopkins that killed one person and sickened 23 others last year. Now a state representative for the west metro suburb wants to make sure it never...
Star Tribune: New CDC guidance one factor among many for decisions about Minnesota schools
It remains to be seen how much weight Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state officials will give to the CDC’s evolving guidance on opening schools. The governor is expected to make an announcement Thursday. In a statement Friday, state Education Commissioner Mary...
Star Tribune: As some Minnesota students flock to the fair, others are already in classrooms
As most Minnesota students wring the last bit of freedom out of their summer break, a few of their peers are already catching the bus, pulling out fresh school supplies and settling into their classrooms. Though the vast majority of the state’s schools won’t be back...
Star Tribune: Grieving family pushes Metro Transit for light rail safety changes
Almost two years ago, a Green Line light-rail train sailed through a red light in St. Paul and smacked into a sedan driven by 29-year-old Nic Westlake, who died within days of the crash. The tragedy left Westlake's family and friends struggling to make sense of why a...
As session ends, Legislature leaves much unresolved — but leaders say that could yet change
A politically neutral pandemic played a big part in plenty being left unfinished when the 2020 legislative session concluded early Monday morning. Yet, hope remains things can still get done. As the clock counted down to the midnight deadline to pass legislation, it...
House passes omnibus education policy bill that includes anti-vaping measures
Source: Session Daily The omnibus education policy bill formally described as “slim” only got thinner with the adoption of a delete all amendment on the House Floor Sunday. Sponsored by Rep. Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins), HF163, as amended, was passed...
Select committee hears nurses’ workplace safety concerns
Source: Session Daily Three months ago, if Minnesota nurses used personal protective equipment the way they have been instructed to use it today — in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic — they could have been fired or lost their licenses. “This is totally foreign to...
Sun Sailor: Support Cheryl Youakim in District 46B
We have known our state Rep. Cheryl Youakim for many years. She has worked hard to serve our communities as both a city council member and a legislator.
