Editorial: Legislature should approve proposed fiscal increase for University
Daily Editorial Board
February 22, 2018
Every year, the University of Minnesota makes a request for the money it will need to function for the following year. After receiving the request, the governor issues a secondary recommendation to the Minnesota Legislature regarding the amount of money the University should receive. This year, Gov. Ma...
Legislature’s funding in limbo after Supreme Court backs Dayton veto
Michael Achterling
September 11, 2017
The Minnesota State Legislature could face cuts to its staff and operations if legislative leaders fail to reach an agreement with Gov. Mark Dayton. Funding for the Legislature is in limbo after the Minnesota Supreme Court backed Dayton’s line-item veto of the House and Senate’s biennial operating...
Legal fight between Gov. Dayton and Legislature hits Supreme Court
Michael Achterling
August 29, 2017
A legal battle between Gov. Mark Dayton and the state Legislature reached the Minnesota Supreme Court Monday. Attorneys for Dayton and the Legislature presented their arguments to Supreme Court justices concerning the governor’s line-item veto of the House and Senate’s operational budget. T...
Minimum wage hearing draws crowds
Christopher Lemke
June 26, 2017
A lively crowd packed into Minneapolis City Hall Thursday for a public hearing on the City Council’s proposed $15 hourly minimum wage ordinance.While the Council and most speakers at the hearing showed strong support for the $15 minimum wage, there were points of contention between how businesses can affor...
Bonding bill funds some U projects, leaves others behind
Christopher Lemke
June 7, 2017
The University of Minnesota will start work on three new buildings and a host of maintenance projects with funding approved by Gov. Mark Dayton in the state bonding bill.The University received $119.9 million of its $245.1 million request, and the current funding serves four of the seven projects in the sc...
Gov. Dayton signs higher education bill and University bonding bill
Christopher Lemke
May 31, 2017
Gov. Mark Dayton signed the higher education omnibus and bonding bills into law on Tuesday, finalizing University of Minnesota funding.University leaders welcomed some aspects of both bills, but noted shortcomings that could lead to tuition increases. The final higher education bill gives the Universit...
Legislature’s final funding bill for UMN less than original Senate and House proposals
May 2, 2017
The Minnesota Legislature’s spending final funding plan for the University of Minnesota is less than 13 percent of its request and less than what the Senate and House originally recommended for the school. A final higher education omnibus bill, which included $18.6 million of the University’s $147.2 mi...
In MN House and Senate, bonding bill priorities vary
April 10, 2017
State lawmakers in the House and Senate are split over when to tackle a bonding bill this year.As the Minnesota Senate’s bonding bill continues to lie in wait, members of the House have yet to introduce their own version of the bill. When legislators return from spring recess April 18, there will only...
Minnesota law now mandates sex assault training for students
Melissa Steinken
September 8, 2016
All University of Minnesota students are now required to complete sexual assault awareness training as part of a new state law aimed at reducing sexual misconduct on college campuses.Under the law, which took effect Aug. 1, colleges must offer online sexual assault reporting options for students and requi...
Debate spotlights veteran, newcomers
August 24, 2016
Local residents filled every seat in an auditorium at a Monday debate between longtime Minnesota Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, and her two DFL competitors, Ilhan Omar and Mohamud Noor.The debate, held at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, drew discussion of local ...
