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Backing for preschool scholarships grows at Minnesota Legislature May 8, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink:
The Minnesota Legislature appears ready to pass a significant increase in early-learning scholarships with rare bipartisan support on behalf of needy Minnesota families whose kids aren t ready for kindergarten.
However, with only days to go in the session, it s unclear how big a bill will squeeze through the House and Senate and to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz.
The kids have important allies, ranging from the Minnesota Business Partnership of the state s 100 largest firms to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Itasca Project, the Children s Defense Fund, the newly formed Minnesota Business Coalition for Racial Equity and Close Gaps by 5, the early-education lobby.
Minnesota House plans May vote on legalizing recreational marijuana
Minnesota lawmakers to consider marijuana legalization as legislative session enters its final weeks
When Minnesota lawmakers return from spring break next week, each chamber will consider separate changes to marijuana laws in the state.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A top Minnesota House Democrat said his chamber will vote by the end of the legislative session to legalize recreational marijuana.
Democrats have aggressively pushed their adult-use marijuana legislation through four committees this session, even as Republicans who control the Senate vow to block the bill. GOP members in the Senate are debating an expansion of the state s medical marijuana program instead.
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