Removing Executive Powers to Manage Schools, Legalizing Sports Betting

Capitol Report

English - February 12, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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On this week's program, a bill to eliminate the governor’s authority to use peacetime emergency restrictions on public schools is headed to the Senate Floor for a vote. Bill author Senator Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, joins Capitol Report moderator Shannon Loehrke to explain why she believes the measure warrants favorable action by the Legislature.

Also on the program, Senator Karla Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove, talks about her bill to legalize sports betting and its chance for passage in 2021. Plus, the first hybrid hearing with in-person testifiers in almost a year, and a push to continue research funding for traumatic brain and spinal injuries.