A raft of new measures from this year’s legislature officially became law July 1. Summaries of all laws passed by the Legislature in regular and special sessions are available online from nonpartisan House Public Information Services at house.mn

We continue a synopsis of those bills started in last week’s Pine Knot News.

Housing

The $15 million funding increase in the omnibus agricultural finance law is evenly divided between housing development and redevelopment efforts, and prevention and efforts to end homelessness. Programs where increases are focused in...