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by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2022 | Capitol shakeup, Historic turnover, Inside the Capitol, Minnesota Legislature, News | 0 |
Historic turnover within the Minnesota Legislature presents an opportunity and a responsibility to make an impression on a new cohort of lawmakers. All 201 seats in the Legislature are up for election this year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Adoption, Minnesota Legislature, News, Practicing Catholic, pro-life | 0 |
In 2000, the first license plate with a Choose Life message was offered to residents of Florida. Today, 33 states and the District of Columbia offer Choose Life license plates. But not Minnesota. JoAnn Marshall is trying to change that.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2022 | Aim Higher Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, Catholic Schools Center for Excellence, Jason Adkins, Legislature, Local News, Minnesota Catholic Conference, Minnesota Legislature, News, Nonpublic Education Partners, Picks, Safe schools, School safety, school shooting, Walz | 0 |
“There will not be #mnleg alignment on common-sense gun regulation, but this is something we can do immediately (to) protect our students. Gov. Walz and Sen. Miller have communicated to us their support in principle for this bill, and it is time to get it done,” MCC continued in its Twitter thread.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Judson “Kim” Bemis, Legalizing recreational marijuana, Local News, Marijuana, Minnesota Legislature, News, Picks | 0 |
As the Minnesota Legislature considers legalizing recreational marijuana in the second of its two-year biennium starting Jan. 31, opponents of the move argue that benefits for minority communities promoted in other states — in the form of correcting racial disparities in arrests or including minorities as business owners — have not delivered.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 24, 2021 | American Rescue Plan, ARP, Commentary, Minnesota Catholic Conference, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Legislature, News, Pandemic Catholic teacher pay, Teacher pay | 0 |
Minnesotans deserve good policies that will naturally strengthen families. Instead, our current payday lending laws allow lenders to charge sky-high interest rates that become a debt trap for borrowers. Pope Francis denounces this modern-day usury because it takes advantage of people in desperate financial situations. He warns that weakening the family “poses a threat to the mature growth of individuals, the cultivation of community values, and the moral progress of cities and countries.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | Bishop Cozzens, Local News, Minnesota Catholic Conference, Minnesota Legislature, News, School choice | 0 |
As the Minnesota Legislature looks toward a June special session to finalize the budget, the state’s Catholic bishops are amplifying their call for passage of school choice legislation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2021 | Bishops, Catholic laity, Commentary, common good, COVID-19, dignity, Legislative leaders, Legislative negotiations, life, Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Legislature, News, Paul Gazelka, Peggy Flanagan, Recreational marijuana, Ryan Winkler, Tim Walz | 0 |
In these final days before the regular session of the Minnesota Legislature ends May 17, Catholic laity continue advocating to uphold life, dignity and the common good. Not only are people in the pews speaking out, so are our shepherds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Commentary, Human life and dignity, Minnesota Legislature, News, Regular session | 0 |
Minnesota’s Legislature ends its regular session in mid-May. This deadline makes right now a key time for Catholics to fulfill the missionary call to bring our faith into the public arena by speaking up for policies that uphold life and dignity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | COVID relief, Featured, Local News, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, Minnesota Legislature, News | 0 |
MCC seeks to protect poor, vulnerable as COVID relief takes center stage
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2020 | Jason Adkins, legislative session, Local News, MCC, Minnesota Legislature, News | 0 |
A divided state government and looming November elections will flavor initiatives and debate in the Minnesota Legislature as lawmakers convene at the State Capitol in St. Paul over the next four months.
A bonding bill is likely to pass; finding compromises and common ground in other areas in an election year will determine how much more gets done, said Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops.
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