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Starting in 2025, county sheriffs can submit costs related to ice rescues for state reimbursements. Prior to the law change, only open water rescue operations were reimbursable.
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The final environmental omnibus bill does include a requirement for the MN DNR to study gaps in existing programs to increase outdoors opportunities for kids.
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Some efforts — like sports betting, housing reform and a bonding bill — lost steam this year. But Gov. Tim Walz is expected to sign most, if not all, of the bills that passed, including cannabis law changes and pay increases for Uber and Lyft drivers.
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The legislation authored by state Sen. Justin Eichorn made it into the Minnesota Legislature's Legacy finance bill.
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The bill, sponsored by Sen. Robert Farnsworth and Rep. Dave Lislegard, heads to Gov. Tim Walz's desk.
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The Minnesota Senate’s Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee laid over the bill for possible inclusion in the Natural Resource omnibus
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The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Rep. Alicia Kozlowski and supported by other Iron Range legislators, was laid over for possible inclusion into the Minnesota Legislature's omnibus bill.
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The partnership between Beltrami County and Sanford Health would consider the full continuum of care and is called the Ember program, which stands for embrace, motivate, believe, execute and remedy.
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A bill written by state Rep. Matt Bliss, R-Pennington, would provide authorization for the fifth and final state veterans cemetery in the Bemidji area.
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Rise and Repair is a coalition of people and organizations lobbying for Indigenous people and the climate at the Minnesota Legislature.