MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Duluth-area leaders bring a message of thanks to Capitol
ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:00 AM
COMPASS POINTS: NEWS FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH HERALD OUTDOOR WRITER BRAD DOKKEN Price of Minnesota hunting and fishing licenses to go up in March 2013
Well, its official: If you hunt and fish in Minnesota, youre going to be paying more for the privilege beginning next March. According to C.B. Bylander, a spokesman for the Department of Natural Reso...
Posted on 5/4/12 at 10:03 AM
THE DULLUM FILE State Farm Insurance Building
Call me corn-fed, but I've always thought of the North Dakota Capitol building in Bismarck as cool, especially when you consider it was built in the 1930's during the Great Depression. Working in Bism...
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:44 AM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY Areavoices Digest #67 - More than just Marilyn Hagerty
That title you see above is my cheap ploy to get you to click on my blog. I'm not beneath trickery. But the fact is: Marilyn Hagerty is hot. Stories about her and now her Areavoices blog are generatin...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 4:39 PM
TALES FROM THE CHIEF Into the fray
As the Minnesota budget stalemate continues, it’s easy to imagine legislators being just plain frustrated by what’s taking place around them. Chances are the Democratic or Republican lawma...
Posted on 5/14/10 at 5:23 PM
Minnesota Legislature: Where will disaster money be spent? 
ST. PAUL – Here is how nearly $168 million in disaster-relief funding and other reallocated funds would be spent under a bill Minnesota legislators will debate today:
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , August 23, 2012
Minnesota Legislature: Short disaster session begins today
ST. PAUL – Minnesota legislative leaders hope their members listen to them and make today’s special session to provide disaster relief a smooth one.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , August 23, 2012
Minn. House weekly magazine ends after 29 years
ST. PAUL — The Session Weekly magazine published by the Minnesota House is ending publication after 29 years.
By Associated Press , July 10, 2012
Top Dem remembers Minn. shutdown as campaign looms
ST. PAUL — A top Democratic lawmaker says Minnesota can avoid another state government shutdown by giving Democrats control of the Legislature.
By Associated Press , July 02, 2012
Crop of former Minn. lawmakers try for comeback
ST. PAUL — Twenty former lawmakers are trying to get back to the Minnesota Legislature.
By Associated Press , June 06, 2012
Minn. high court sets July 17 photo ID hearing
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Supreme Court has set oral arguments for July 17 on a petition to remove a constitutional amendment from the November ballot that would require voters to present photo IDs at the polls.
By Associated Press , June 06, 2012
Obama’s Minnesota message: Look at hiring veterans
Met by delegation of state leadersGOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – President Barack Obama used a Minnesota visit Friday to tout a new initiative to connect veterans with jobs, saying that many private employers could benefit from skills veterans gained through their military service.
By Patrick Condon, Associated Press , June 01, 2012
Minn. legislative races take center stage for Dems
ST. PAUL — The fight for control of the Legislature has a new urgency for Minnesota Democrats gathering in Rochester for their state convention this weekend.
By Associated Press , June 01, 2012
Minnesota House Republicans hold mass campaign filing
ST. PAUL — About 50 Republican candidates have signed up en masse to run for Minnesota House and keep their party's majority in November's election.
By Associated Press , May 31, 2012
Minnesota soldiers, others to receive pay exemption
MINNEAPOLIS – President Barack Obama has signed legislation that helps more than 2,000 Minnesota soldiers recoup paid time-off benefits promised before they were shipped overseas last year.
By Associated Press , May 26, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: DFL chairman seeks move toward political center
ST. PAUL - Political observers have watched for years as those who make decisions in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party move to the political left and Republican decision-makers head to the right.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 26, 2012
Minn. Senate scandal runs $46,150 legal tab
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The legal tab for the Minnesota Senate in the firing of a high-ranking staffer is $46,150 and counting, according to an invoice released Friday.
By Martiga Lohn, Associated Press , May 25, 2012
Minnesota lawmaker: North Dakota Capitol's a fine building
BISMARCK – A month after a top Minnesota lawmaker belittled the North Dakota Capitol, one of his fellow GOP House members proclaimed it an “amazing structure” on Thursday after getting a personal tour from Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press , May 24, 2012
Minnesota campaign seasons arrives with filing process
ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s campaign season officially began today. As she has for five elections, Rep. Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers, stayed overnight on her lawn chair in a hallway outside the secretary of state’s office to be first in line to file candidate paperwork.
By Don Davis, Forum Communications Co. , May 22, 2012
Vikings stadium depends on e-gambling
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota is betting big that bringing technology to small-dollar bar gambling will draw a surge of new players whose wagers will help build a $975 million football stadium for the Vikings.
By Martiga Lohn, Associated Press , May 21, 2012
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