MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
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
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
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
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
Pawlenty to cities: How much should I cut?
Gov. Tim Pawlenty Gov. Tim Pawlenty said small cities will be protected when he cuts spending to balance the state budget, but he wants other cities and counties to say how much state aid they can li...
Posted on 5/21/09 at 1:54 PM
Minnesota DFL swing vote on gay marriage to support bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A freshman Democratic state representative from a socially conservative district said Friday that he'd support the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota, a key pickup for supporters as votes on the issue get closer at the Capitol.By PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , May 03, 2013
Minnesota gun control activists to air grievances at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gun control supporters are planning to gather outside Minnesota's House chamber to express disappointment that bills to expand background checks for gun purchases are shelved for the year at the Capitol.May 03, 2013
Minnesota House DFLer blasts speaker for dropping gun bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The DFL state representative who pushed expanded background checks for Minnesota gun buyers said Thursday that he's angry with his fellow Democrat, House Speaker Paul Thissen, for shelving the bill this year.May 02, 2013
Minnesota lawmaker pay plan rests with joint panel
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A pay raise plan for Minnesota elected officials is a key point of difference as a House-Senate panel begins negotiations on a state agency budget bill.May 02, 2013
Minnesota House defeats Sunday liquor sales effort
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Stock up on booze on Saturday. The Minnesota House on Wednesday resoundingly rejected an effort to give liquor stores permission to open on Sundays. The measure went down on a 106-21 vote.May 01, 2013
Minnesota budget debate hits lull until big deal made
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers have entered the waiting phase of the debate over a new two-year state budget.May 01, 2013
Minnesota Senate panel rejects anti-sand mining measure
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate committee has rejected a proposal to protect trout streams from the potential impacts of silica sand mining.May 01, 2013
Immigration activists rally at Minnesota Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A coalition of groups advocating changes to state and federal immigration laws are rallying at Minnesota's Capitol on the same day the state Senate is scheduled to take up a bill long pursued by immigration activists.May 01, 2013
Minimum wage hike weaves through Minnesota House
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Many Minnesota workers would get a pay hike, extra time to spend with newborns and recently adopted children and more overtime pay in the minimum wage bill that is headed to the House floor.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press , April 29, 2013
Minnesota Senate to vote on clothing, income tax hikes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Senate is gearing up for debate on a plan to repeal the longstanding sales tax exemption on clothes.April 29, 2013
Minnesota teachers union picks new president
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Education Minnesota teachers union has a new president.By Associated Press , April 27, 2013
New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage
By PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , April 27, 2013
Minnesota House votes to curb chemical in kid products
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — By wide margins, the Minnesota House has approved two bills to curb the use of certain chemicals in products made for children.April 26, 2013
Minnesota Senate approves health spending bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Senate has approved a budget for state health and assistance programs that includes a surcharge on HMOs and pay increases for care workers that critics say aren't big enough.April 26, 2013
Minnesota budget pieces come together at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's two-year budget puzzle was coming together early Friday morning as the state Senate passed the two biggest pieces of state spending — health and social services, and education — after several hours of debate.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press PATRICK CONDON,Associated Press , April 26, 2013
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