A proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) opposed by the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) failed to ultimately pass both the Minnesota House and Senate as the latest legislative session ended before midnight May 20.
The debate over the legalization of sports gambling has intensified at the Legislature, raising concerns about the potential negative impact on individuals and communities. The Minnesota Catholic Conference stands firm in our opposition to the expansion of gambling, advocating instead for strict limitations and expansive safeguards against addiction.
During the House floor proceedings March 25, Republican legislators tried to prioritize the restoration of religious freedom protections in the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) by moving to declare an urgency on the matter, which allows a bill to bypass the committee process and move right to a floor vote.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is urging Catholics to sign a petition encouraging legislators to restore religious exemption protections in the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).
In one of my "Weekly Word" email newsletters earlier this year, I asked you to reach out to your representatives at the Minnesota State Capitol concerning the great harm that would come with the passage this term of proposed physician-assisted suicide legislation.
A bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for a swath of Minnesotans who have a terminal diagnosis will receive a hearing and a vote March 7 before the Minnesota House of Representatives’s Public Safety and Finance Policy Committee.
At a House Committee meeting on Feb. 29, it became clear that some Minnesota legislators not only do not respect religious beliefs, but they will also no longer tolerate them.
As Vincent Ruiz-Ponce and his wife, Danielle, prepare for the birth of their sixth child this spring, he said they expect the unexpected — family expenses they don’t always see coming.
As the Minnesota Legislature prepares to open the second half of its 2023-2024 legislative session Feb. 12 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), and Maggee Hangge, MCC’s policy and public relations associate, sat down with The Catholic Spirit to discuss key issues facing lawmakers and the people they represent.
Halfway point: Key issues come into focus