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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

House DFL to add gun measures to budget bill

House committee action is expected late Thursday on an amendment related to expanded background checks and another related to court orders to keep firearms from people deemed a risk. Senate Republicans oppose both.
by Tim Pugmire

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Transportation divide widens at Capitol

Transportation divide widens at Capitol

House DFL leaders laid out a plan for roads and bridges that will raise the gas tax by 20 cents per gallon. But Republicans in a Senate committee rejected a similar tax increase proposed by Gov. Tim Walz.
by Tim Pugmire

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Snow days? More like ‘no’ days under new law

Snow days? More like ‘no’ days under new law

In a year where snow days in Minnesota school districts mounted, the state cuts districts a break on make-ups.
by Brian Bakst

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Nitrate study for southeastern Minnesota in budget limbo

The Environmental Quality Board is weighing whether to order an in-depth groundwater study but is also wondering if the Legislature will fund it.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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One year from 2020 census, some push for more funding

Gov. Tim Walz is proposing $1.6 million in one-time funding for outreach on the once-a-decade population count, and legislators are pitching even more funding for the census.
by Briana Bierschbach

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