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
Providers for children, elderly, disabled split on union question 
Testimony reflects division seen across Minnesota about whether self-employed child care providers who receive state subsidies for some children should be allowed to join unions.
By Don Davis , March 11, 2013
Tax hikes could bring back the bad old days 
Over the past two years, Minnesota has gotten back on the right track.
By Dan Fabian , January 28, 2013
Minnesota democrats task is to act, but not overreach 
Democrats in control of Minnesota government’s legislative and executive branches must walk a tightrope when they return to the Capitol Jan. 8.
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis , December 24, 2012
Budget, taxes focus of DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature 
By Danielle Killey , December 10, 2012
THIER OPINION: Minnesota sexual predator program needs work 
Minnesota legislators need to have a calm, reasoned debate over bringing reforms to the civil commitment program for sexual predators.
By The Free Press of Mankato , August 05, 2012
Lanning discusses key stadium deal players 
Minnesota Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, announced he is retiring from a 39-year career in politics after a legislative session where he led the House push for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. He was asked to talk about the key players in the campaign.
By Associated Press , June 10, 2012
RYAN BAKKEN COLUMN: Minnesota legislators score a TD with stadium vote 
By Ryan Bakken , May 14, 2012
Super fan: Pass stadium or become 'third Dakota' 
Larry Spooner loves Minnesota Vikings football so much that he has taken more than 40 days vacation over the years to ask legislators to approve a new stadium.
But as he parked his van in front of the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, where it will return later this week as lawmakers consider a stadium, he said his support of building a new stadium goes well beyond love of the game and tailgating. He also wants to help his state.
By Don Davis , April 30, 2012
Some Minnesota lawmakers ready to adjourn, some want more time 
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis , April 15, 2012
MINNESOTA: Outdoors legislative agenda includes possible fee hike 
Many legislators are thinking about the outdoors while working inside the Minnesota Capitol. Many want to allow gray wolf hunting, expand a fight against invading Asian carp and make other changes in outdoors-related laws. Among those changes could be raising hunting and fishing licenses to pay for other outdoors needs.
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis , February 12, 2012
Ballot may see right-to-work law in Minnesota 
Lawmakers want voters to decide if Minnesota should become a right-to-work state like its neighbors in North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa.
By By Wendy Reuer , February 01, 2012
Wadena asks lawmakers to make it whole 
By Don Davis , January 31, 2012
Wolves, deer could overshadow proposed license fee hike in Minnesota 
By Brad Dokken , January 22, 2012
'Purely purple financing': Vikings propose redirecting taxes owners, players, fans already pay for stadium 
By Doug Belden , November 28, 2011
MINNESOTA SHUTDOWN: Idled public employees hold on — for now 
Many of the 22,000 public employees out of work in Minnesota’s budget impasse say they will get through the extended layoff by tapping into personal savings, relying on a spouse’s income or unemployment checks, and making household spending cuts.
By Amy Forliti , July 11, 2011
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