by bpalm@learfield.com | Apr 23, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>Bill Providing Extended Benefits to Laid-off Miners Advances in Minnesota House (St. Paul, MN) — A bill approved by the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee would provide extended benefits to the laid off mine workers on the Iron Range. Six-hundred...
by bpalm@learfield.com | Apr 22, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>Morrison Asks Trump Administration to Exempt Small Businesses from Tariffs (Deephaven, MN) — U-S Representative Kelly Morrison claims that small businesses are being hit especially hard by the Trump administration’s tariffs. The Minnesota Democrat...
by bpalm@learfield.com | Apr 21, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>Minnesota Legislature Returns from Easter/Passover Break (St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota lawmakers return to the State Capitol today (Mon12pm) following the Easter/Passover break. Passing a two-year state budget and a bonding bill are among the top...
by bpalm@learfield.com | Apr 18, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>Legislative Leaders Continue to Push for Bonding Bill This Session (St. Paul, MN) — The proposed bonding bills at the Minnesota Capitol range in cost from $700 million up to $1.35 billion. D-F-L Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy says lawmakers have to...
by Tasha Redel | Apr 17, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>Walz Visits Dilworth Fire Station in Push for New Bonding Bill (Dilworth, MN) — Governor Tim Walz is hoping the success of the Dilworth fire station project in northwest Minnesota will help convince state lawmakers to approve a bonding bill this session....
by bpalm@learfield.com | Apr 16, 2025 | Morning Headlines
>>State Health Department Delays 170 Employee Layoffs (St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Department of Health is delaying around 170 layoffs thanks to a temporary restraining order on federal grant funding cuts. Health Commissioner Brooke Cunningham said,...
