Legislative notebook: GOP passes child care union dues limits
State subsidies paid to Minnesota’s home-based child care providers could not be used to pay union dues under a bill the Republican-controlled Legislature Monday sent to Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton....
View ArticleUpdate: Committees OK gay marriage
Legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota took a key step forward Tuesday but faces many hurdles to approval. Continue reading →
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Vikings Hold Line On Keeping Naming Rights Prices Secret
It doesn’t look like a football stadium, but the Hyundai Club is sold out for Minnesota Vikings games next season. In U.S. Bank Stadium, the club and other facilities are available for meetings,...
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Regulation Could Price Small Towns Out Of Police Body Cameras
Rep. John Lesch of St. Paul tells fellow Minnesota legislators Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, that bills to regulate police body camera video may price small communities out of buying the devices. (Forum...
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Minnesota Legislation Seeks To Keep Electronic Data Private
Executive Director Charles Samuelson of the American Civil LIberties Union Minnesota chapter supports bills to strengthen Minnesotans’ privacy on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (Forum News Service photo by...
View ArticlePolitical Chatter: Privacy Matters To Be In The Open
Every Minnesota legislative session seems to produce one issue no one saw coming, at least to the scale it reaches. Perhaps that issue this year will be privacy. When Minnesotans hear comments like...
View ArticlePolitical Chatter: Legislators Look For Investigations
Minnesota lawmakers do more than legislate; they also sometimes ask people to investigate, and they want to see those reports. Such is the case in a couple of recent issues: a state worker who...
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House Committee Resurrects Body Cam Regulations
Citizen-lobbyist Rich Neumeister tells a Minnesota House committee Tuesday, May 10, 2016, that a bill to regulate police body cameras does not provide adequate accountability for police activities....
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