ST. PAUL, Minn. — In 2024, Senator Bonnie Westlin (DFL - Plymouth) passed Senate File 2915, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, which gives Minnesota residents certain rights over their personal online data, including: The right to access personal data that a controller has collected about them. The right to correct inaccuracies in their personal data. The right to delete| Minnesota Senate DFL
We have good news! The first-in-the-nation Long COVID program run by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has been saved from elimination! This means #MEAction will be able to continue its work helping Minnesotans with ME/CFS, Long COVID and related conditions access vital home and community-based support services, as part of our multi-year grant. Last … Minnesota’s Long COVID Funding Saved from Elimination Read More »| #MEAction Network
The request from correctional staff and unions comes in response to a budget deal from Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders who propose closing the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater| St. Cloud Live
(ST. PAUL, Minn.) - The Minnesota Senate passed a Pension bill Sunday that will make important improvements to retirement benefits for public employees including teachers, firefighters, paramedics, State Patrol officers. The bill includes the establishment of a new career rule for Minnesota teachers, a provision that Senator Heather Gustafson (DFL-Vadnais Heights) had been fighting for| Minnesota Senate DFL
Legislation prompted by fatal Park Tavern crash aims to close loopholes for repeat drunk drivers through expanded use of ignition interlocks| Rochester Post Bulletin
Republicans said Minnesota Paid Leave Law is one-size-fits-all and asked for a delay to the program, which is set to launch in 2026| Perham Focus
Bills aim to ease the strain on EMS across the state by establishing grants, new training, and higher pay rates.| Perham Focus
Bill author Rep. Ron Kresha, R-Little Falls, says mandates like ethnic studies are “distractions” from addressing lowering test scores across the state.| InForum
House Republicans push bills to fund pregnancy centers and address “born alive” infants while DFL legislators look to eliminate discrimination based on “pregnancy outcome”| InForum
An executive order by President Donald Trump to end birthright citizenship — which made any person born in the U.S. a citizen — takes effect this month. Minnesota has joined a lawsuit against it.| Rochester Post Bulletin
From office pools to casinos to online betting apps, March Madness entices sports enthusiasts and casual viewers alike to predict a winner of the annual NCAA college basketball tournament. Sports betting in casinos or racetracks is now legal in 38 states and Washington, D.C. And that number keeps growing. As of this month, six more states—Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota (tribe managed), Missouri and Oklahoma—had measures pending to authorize sports betting. Related: March Madness...| National Conference of State Legislatures
Proposed legislation in Minnesota will protect victims of domestic and sexual violence from housing discrimination and limit other forms of tenant discrimination.| Mshale