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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Republicans Announce Student’s First Legislation - 04/07/25
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- addition to this job as state senator, my regular job is in the special education department with the Hibbing
- And I say at least because they've so far announced 18 layoffs in the Hibbing School District, and they
- department is in the special education department with<00:11:41.760>
the <00:11:41.920>Hibbing - And I say at least because they've so far announced 18 layoffs in the Hibbing School District, and they
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- There is also a HIBs debt service spreadsheet in your packets if you'd like me to walk through that at
- There is also a HIBs uh debt service spreadsheet in your packets if you'd like me to walk through that
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is <00:04:51.440>also <00:04:51.800>a <00:04:52.120>HIBs< - Are there questions on either the HIB or the other spreadsheet? Senator Draheim.
- Yeah, I just like to point out the cost of the HIBs. I know it's putting things on a credit card.
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The Senate Finance Committee took up Senate File 203, a broad housing bill authored by Senator Port. Port described the measure as a package including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, MHFA administrative and investment reforms, expanded Greater Minnesota infrastructure grants for workforce housing, manufactured housing bill of rights provisions, and a private equity restriction on large investors buying certain single-family homes starting in 2026. Fiscal analyst Eric Olafson walked through the spreadsheet and said the $50 million bond authorization would add debt service costs over time, with the total estimated debt service for that authorization at about $75.8 million. Senator Draheim raised concern about the growing cost of bonding and said the state should rely more on cash than debt.
The committee then adopted two technical amendments. The A21 amendment, described by Port as correcting manufactured housing bill of rights language, aligning MHFA board meeting language, conforming a lived-experience exemption to federal law, and fixing a capacity-building grants reference, was approved without objection. The A20 amendment, offered by Draheim, was also adopted and would give the legislature more control and visibility over MHFA funding and how quickly program dollars are reinvested after agency operations.
Members then debated Draheim’s A22 amendment, which would delete the manufactured home park provisions from the bill. Draheim and several Republicans argued the section could function like rent control, could burden good park owners, and might have unintended consequences for park operations and purchases. Port, Senator Boldon’s allies, and other supporters said the provisions were needed to protect residents from rent spikes and private equity abuses in manufactured home communities, where residents own their homes but not the land. The transcript ends during that debate, before any final disposition on A22 or the bill itself is shown.
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- I’m Allison Gans, and I’m a teacher in Hibbing. Can you hear me? Okay, we can. Thank you.
- Um, like I said, I’m a second grade teacher in Hibbing and I’ve been teaching in Hibbing for 11 years
- Hibbing. Can you hear me? Okay, we can. Hibbing. Can you hear me? Okay, we can.
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I'm teaching in Hibbing for 11 years. - I'm teaching in Hibbing for 11 years.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Representatives Zeleznikar, Baker and Bierman Press Conference 5/12/26
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- this program is critical for areas like Two Harbors, Grand Marais, Ely, Virginia, Grand Rapids, and Hibbing
- Grand Marray, Elely, Virginia, Grand Grand Marray, Elely, Virginia, Grand Rapids,<00:00:55.920>
Hibbing And <00:00:57.039>these <00:00:57.280>are <00:00:57.440>just Rapids, Hibbing- And these are just Rapids, Hibbing.
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House File 369 was the main topic, with House authors Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar, Rep. Robert Bierman, and Rep. Dave Baker arguing that the bill would give Minnesota’s 2024 340B law “teeth” by enforcing protections for nonprofit and rural hospitals’ access to the federal drug pricing program. They said the measure costs the state nothing, aligns with similar laws in more than 20 other states, and is needed before adjournment to help hospitals close funding gaps, support services like emergency care, obstetrics, behavioral health, and pharmacy access, and preserve care in remote communities. Several hospital leaders from across greater Minnesota testified that 340B revenue helps keep their facilities viable and that losing it would threaten services and, in some cases, hospital survival.
Witnesses described severe financial pressure on rural hospitals, including reimbursement cuts, workforce shortages, inflation, and rising drug costs. Leaders from United Hospital District in Blue Earth, Lakewood Health System in Staples, Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, Northshore Health in Grand Marais, Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby said their hospitals serve as safety-net providers and often operate with thin or negative margins. They emphasized long travel times to other hospitals, seasonal tourism pressures in some areas, and the importance of local emergency, ambulance, inpatient, and specialty services. The Minnesota Hospital Association president also criticized pharmaceutical company messaging and said nonprofit hospitals are working around the clock to maintain access.
In response to questions, Zeleznikar said she had considered other enforcement approaches but now supported using the original Senate-passed bill, citing concerns about fraud and the difficulty of alternative enforcement mechanisms. She and hospital leaders distinguished this bill from a separate hospital stabilization-grant proposal, saying both are needed but serve different purposes. No vote was taken at the meeting, and the speakers repeatedly urged House leadership to bring the bill to the floor before session ends.
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- Now, before I worked for the Hibbing School District, I actually worked for the Department of Corrections
- We don't have seclusion in Hibbing.
- Um technically I was School in Hibbing.
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We we don't have seclusion in Hibbing. - We we don't have seclusion in Hibbing.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
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- So those are familiar, we have a drill core storage library located in Hibbing, Minnesota, in my district
- Chair, members, Minnesota operates a drill core repository in Hibbing that's highly regarded by people
- The Hibbing drill core library preserves more than half a billion dollars of geologic data, predominantly
- Thank you for your help in this matter, and I invite those of you who have not been to Hibbing to see
- to see our who have not been to Hibbing to see our library<00:07:28.639>
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Keywords:
crossbow, crossbow hunting, archery season, deer hunting, bear hunting, turkey hunting, fishing, common carp, rough fish, game and fish, wildlife management, hunting license, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, sunset clause, expiration removal, archery equipment, outdoor recreation, infectious waste, pathological waste
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF1141 5/12/26
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- . $100 million in HIB authorizations would also have a cost of 5.6 million in fiscal 2030, 8 million
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authorizations Um, $100 million in HIB authorizations Um, $100 million in HIB
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The conference committee on House File 1141, the Omnibus Housing Finance and Policy Bill, reviewed the fiscal spreadsheet and policy language for the agreement. Staff explained the major funding items, including appropriations for greater Minnesota workforce housing, manufactured home park infrastructure grants, family homelessness prevention, supportive housing, a tenant hotline, and housing infrastructure bonds, along with a cancellation of unused Tyler settlement funds and a reallocation of Housing Development Fund earnings. Staff said the package was budget neutral over the forecast window. The policy walk-through also covered provisions on livestreaming Housing Finance Agency board meetings, limits on administrative retentions for new grant programs, restrictions and reporting on Housing Development Fund transfers and earnings, clarifying language for local public housing, an exemption related to lived-experience engagement, and access for legislative fiscal staff to agency accounting information.
Members then considered several amendments. The A12 amendment, allowing certain local governments to invest long-term funds in housing-related investments, was adopted after a roll call showed support from all three caucuses. The A16 manufactured housing bill of rights amendment, which would have addressed park-owner practices, purchase opportunities, enforcement, and rent increases, was not adopted. The A18 amendment to allow additional flags in HOAs and other areas was also not adopted. The A17 amendment to limit private equity ownership of single-family homes to 100 units was not adopted. The A13 amendment to preempt local rent control was not adopted. Members on both sides said some of the rejected issues warranted further discussion in future sessions, while supporters argued they were needed to address housing affordability and ownership pressures.
In closing discussion on the bill as a whole, members from both chambers praised the bipartisan process, the staff work, and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency’s collaboration. Supporters said the agreement would help build thousands of homes across the state, assist vulnerable Minnesotans, and improve transparency and accountability in housing programs. They also noted the bill’s mix of single-family, multifamily, manufactured housing, homelessness prevention, and policy reforms. The committee expressed intent to move the agreement forward to the House floor and ultimately to the governor.
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- Louis County District, two years at Wasabi Community College, and finished with 25 years at Hibbing High
- My old district, Hibbing Public Schools, had to create a much watered-down curriculum called basic Algebra
- Louis County District, two years at Wasabi Community College, and finished with 25 years at Hibbing High
- My old district, Hibbing Public Schools, had to create a much watered-down curriculum called basic Algebra
- I'm the assistant principal at Hibbing High School.
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- The Hibbing School District gets the formula from the state.
- The Hibbing School District gets the formula from the state.
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Could <01:33:30.159>you one on hold um for Hibbing. - Could you one on hold um for Hibbing.
- You are adding one and you're putting one on hold for Hibbing.
- And so what we're looking to do is move this one forward in the Hibbing situation.
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The committee first approved the March 5 minutes, then heard a presentation from Balig Engineering on cost drivers for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in small Minnesota communities. The testifier said most Minnesota communities are small, and that limited local staff, complex funding requirements, and the need to combine multiple funding sources make projects expensive and labor-intensive. He cited examples of aging infrastructure, including a Tracy street collapse and failing water mains, and said federal funding can help but often requires extensive reports that can cost tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of staff hours. He also pointed to inflation, supply-chain disruptions, colder climate requirements, higher material and labor costs, limited competition among contractors and suppliers, and newer treatment requirements such as PFAS removal and cybersecurity controls as major cost drivers.
Members asked whether reduced bonding or less frequent state funding would lower prices, whether annual bonding bills provide market certainty, how regionalization could be encouraged, and whether tightening specifications adds costs. The testifier said stopping work would likely drive contractors out of the market and reduce competition, which could raise prices later, and that consistent funding helps keep contractors in Minnesota. He said regional water systems such as Red Rock Rural Water and Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water are already helping lower costs and that legislators could encourage more regionalization through incentives. He also said some specifications and federal requirements, especially around treatment plant controls and cybersecurity, increase costs, though some standards like deeper water-main burial are necessary. The committee then moved on to the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, where John Kelly began presenting the governor’s 2026 capital budget recommendations and described the department’s mission, statewide network of veterans homes and cemeteries, and service to nearly 300,000 veterans and dependents.
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- The charges are coming out of different areas of the state, from Hibbing and Rice Lake to Moorhead and
- The charges are coming out of different areas of the state, from Hibbing and Rice Lake to Moorhead and
- The charges are coming out of different areas of the state, from Hibbing and Rice Lake to Moorhead and
- The charges are coming out of different areas of the state, from Hibbing and Rice Lake to Moorhead and
- The charges are coming out of different areas of the state, from Hibbing and Rice Lake to Moorhead and
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The Senate Labor Committee received an overview from Chief Judge Patricia Millan of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA). She explained the court’s history, created in 1981, its role as the appellate body for workers’ compensation disputes after Department of Labor and Industry and Office of Administrative Hearings proceedings, and its original jurisdiction over petitions to vacate settlement agreements. She also noted the court is composed of five judges, is funded entirely by the workers’ compensation fund, and operates with five staff attorneys and two full-time employees.
The committee then heard introductory remarks from the judges present for confirmation: Deb Sunquist, Katherine Carlson, Shan Quinn, and Thomas Christensen, with a procedural note that Quinn’s reappointment had not yet been formally referred to the committee, so his motion would be held until paperwork arrived. The judges emphasized their collaborative, panel-based work, their experience representing both injured workers and employers, and their commitment to the workers’ compensation system. Quinn also described efforts to teach workers’ compensation at the University of Minnesota and encourage younger lawyers to enter the field.
Members asked about the court’s caseload and about delays in workers’ compensation claims. In response, the judges said the WCCA’s caseload has generally declined and fluctuates, and they offered to provide case-count data. In a more detailed exchange, a senator described a family member’s long-delayed claim; judges explained that repetitive-trauma or “Gillette” injuries often require substantial medical proof and can be difficult for insurers to accept, but that the system is intended to be no-fault and typically takes about a year to a year and a half from filing to resolution. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected here.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- We have many of our eight centers who are here today from Hibbing, Minnesota, from Marshall, Minnesota
- Cloud, Minnesota, Access North from Hibbing, Minnesota, Freedom Resource Center from Moorhead, Minnesota
- We have many of our eight centers who are here today from Hibbing, Minnesota, from Marshall, Minnesota
- Cloud, Minnesota, Access North from Hibbing, Minnesota, Freedom Resource Center from Moorhead, Minnesota
- We have many of our eight centers who are here today from Hibbing, Minnesota, from Marshall, Minnesota
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HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship
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- Hibbing Taconite mine.
- So I really want to thank um the Hib Tac Union President Chris Johnson for his collaboration with me
- So I really want to thank um the Hib Tac Union President Chris Johnson for his collaboration with me
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grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension
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- Um, we have one testifier online, Kim Mclofflin, who is here from the Hibbing School Board. are confused
- I'm the treasurer of ISD 701 of the Hibbing School Board.
- I too am here Hibbing School Board.
- that is far more complex. that is far more complex. in<00:15:38.800>
Hibbing. - Heading into the 2526 school in Hibbing.
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- to food like a bag of chips, and that people in greater Minnesota and places like Alexandria and Hibbing
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to my way to Alexandria, on my way to my way to Alexandria, on my way to Hibbing - 00.480>
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places,
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The committee took up House File 3603, and Representative Olson first offered and had adopted an A1 author’s amendment. Olson then explained that the bill would direct the Commissioner of Children, Youth and Families to seek a USDA waiver allowing Minnesota to bar SNAP purchases of items subject to state sales tax, such as prepared foods, chips, soft drinks, and candy. He argued the goal was to promote healthier nutrition, noted that other states have similar waivers, and said the change could help Minnesota qualify for significant federal rural health care funding.
Public testimony was divided. Patrick Garofalo of the Minnesota Grocers Association opposed the bill, saying SNAP is a supplemental program and that the proposal would be difficult to administer at retail stores, create confusion, and expose retailers to serious penalties for mistakes. He argued the state tax code is not a nutrition standard and pointed out inconsistencies, such as some candy-like products still being taxable or some healthy items being treated as prepared food. Will Hagen of Minnesota Retailers also opposed the bill, warning it would require costly point-of-sale changes, retraining, and would turn store employees into enforcers while creating cross-border shopping problems. Matt Schmidt of the American First Policy Institute supported the concept, saying SNAP should emphasize nutrition and that restricting unhealthy purchases would reduce taxpayer subsidies for junk food and soda.
Members then debated the bill’s logic and practicality, including questions about which snacks would or would not be allowed under the tax-based standard. Representative Sencer-Mura offered an H2 amendment, framed as applying the same restrictions to legislators’ own per diem spending; Representative Hansen responded that the comparison was not equivalent and raised concerns about household circumstances and accessibility. The H2 amendment was put to a vote and did not prevail. The committee then continued member discussion on the bill.
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- land acquisition, design, and site prep for a sports women's outdoor development learning center in Hibbing
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engineering
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- But statistically throughout Minnesota, you know, we have a couple of, um, in the Hibbing School District
- But statistically throughout Minnesota, you know, we have a couple of, um, in the Hibbing School District
- But statistically throughout Minnesota, you know, we have a couple of, um, in the Hibbing School District
- But statistically throughout Minnesota, you know, we have a couple of, um, in the Hibbing School District
- You know, we have a couple of, um, in the Hibbing School District, a couple of students that are blind
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- We currently rent 15,000 square feet for our housing department in the city of Hibbing at a cost of almost
- new project or working with the city on an existing building that’s in Nestal Park in the city of Hibbing
- “We’ve got a housing department in the city of Hibbing working in that 15,000-square-foot space that
- working<00:29:25.159>
in <00:29:25.360>that <00:29:25.799>15,000 city of Hibbing - working in that 15,000 city of Hibbing working in that 15,000 ft<00:29:27.399>
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Keywords:
HF110, Adrian Independent School District, Independent School District No. 511, school construction, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, refundable exemption, construction materials, capital improvements, school roofing, playground remodel, retaining walls, plumbing, bathroom remodel, locker room remodel, window replacements, local tax relief, general fund appropriation, Minnesota chapter 297A, retroactive tax refund
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- Louis County from the communities of Chisholm to Ely and from Hibbing to Hoyt Lakes.
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We <01:05:09.240>have <01:05:09.760>uh Hibbing to Hoyt Lakes. - We have uh Hibbing to Hoyt Lakes.
- Louis County, from the communities of Chisholm to Ely and from Hibbing to Hoyt Lakes.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- I hope you'll help me advocate for lots of HIB dollars so that we can put this in.
- And on line 61, you'll see that the governor recommends no additional HIBs.
- governor recom recommends<01:14:11.239>
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um <01:14:13.440>and recommends no additional hibs um and recommends - no additional hibs um and with<01:14:13.760>
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