Court-driven MSOP reforms still alive
When Rep. Tina Liebling’s bill proposing substantive changes to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) came up for a committee hearing last month, she pleaded with legislators not to turn it into a...
View ArticleDayton wants to temporarily suspend provisional release of sex offenders
Dayton has asked Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson to suspend any provisional releases from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program until a special task force and legislators can...
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: Dayton, GOP battle over sex offenders continues
Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, one of the GOP candidates hoping to challenge Dayton next year, has led the charge on the issue.
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: MSFA, Vikings sign stadium construction deal
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said the extra $26 million was meant to "ensure several features that are so important to all users of the stadium."
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: House and Senate poised to move on supplemental budget
The most important spending to many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, a 5 percent pay hike for home and community-based services workers, will cost a projected $91 million.
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: House passes anti-bullying measure, on to Dayton
1) Gov. Mark Dayton will sign an anti-bullying measure on Wednesday following its passage in the House shortly after midnight, the Star Tribune reports. The bill, which stalled in the Senate during...
View ArticleZellers introduces Dean Simpson as gubernatorial running mate
Prior to joining the contest as Zellers' choice for the lieutenant governor, Simpson had been chairman of the campaign.
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: Federal HHS to audit MNsure
Another audit of MNsure has been teed up. This time, it's from the feds.
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: Franken and Dayton face tight margins, poll says
Gov. Mark Dayton and US Sen. Al Franken are facing narrow margins of victory, according to a KSTP-SurveyUSA poll released on Thursday.
View ArticleSheriff: Cited lawmaker ‘changed her tune’
Emails indicate Tara Mack initially “said she was glad the deputy came along to save her from an uncomfortable situation."
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