Danny Spewak
Reporter and Multimedia Journalist at KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
Twin Cities reporter @kare11, Mizzou grad and St. Louis native, author @RLPGBooks, "From the Gridiron to the Battlefield" and "Cardinal Dreams"
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5 days ago |
kare11.com | Danny Spewak
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — On a sunny Friday in St. Paul, state lawmakers spent their afternoon holed up inside the Capitol, grinding away on the budget as they rush to meet the May 19 deadline. Before adjourning for Mother's Day weekend, the Senate discussed an energy bill, while the House debated and passed a labor bill.
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6 days ago |
kare11.com | Danny Spewak
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Advocacy groups rallied at the state capitol on Thursday to oppose an amendment in the Senate education policy bill that carves out exceptions for the practice of "seclusion," where students with disabilities are placed in separate rooms at school during emergencies. Two years ago, the legislature banned seclusion for kids in third grade and younger, over concerns that the technique could be harmful and used in abusive ways.
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Danny Spewak
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — A Senate bill to establish a statewide Office of Inspector General to investigate fraud passed its final committee on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate floor, despite unresolved concerns about the office's structure from state agencies such as the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Danny Spewak
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — With the May 19 budget deadline approaching, state lawmakers will begin the conference committee process this week on multiple spending bills, to merge House and Senate versions into final legislation for Gov. Walz to sign. So far, eight total bills have passed both the House and Senate to reach conference committees: higher education, judiciary and public safety, transportation, agriculture, veterans, commerce, housing and state and local government.
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1 week ago |
kare11.com | Danny Spewak
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The House Committee on Fraud Prevention put a spotlight on Medicaid theft during a hearing Monday morning, featuring testimony from the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and discussion of two more anti-fraud bills. The committee, led by Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove), was formed this year and is the only House committee that Republicans control outright under the chamber's power-sharing agreement.
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Bells tolling at the Cathedral of Saint Paul to mark the election of the first American pope. @kare11 https://t.co/Fc1ywK7Jbx
A bill to fight fraud with a statewide Office of Inspector General is advancing to the Senate floor, after passing its final committee today: https://t.co/LWFyTqfXSG @kare11
New today: A bipartisan Senate ethics subcommittee found that DFL Senate President Bobby Joe Champion didn't violate financial conflict-of-interest rules, but recommended that he do a better job disclosing potential conflicts in the future. https://t.co/a7druN7Uv1 via @KARE11