PERMITS
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative & political notebook: News story clouds university budget
By Don Davis The University of Minnesota prepares to ask legislators to approve a $1.8 billion budget as some lawmakers question a Wall Street Journal story that showed the school has an excessive ...
Posted on 1/11/13 at 6:49 PM
Grand Forks gears up for a summer of construction
Construction is expected to be booming in Grand Forks this summer despite a late start and a shortage of workers.
By Brandi Jewett , May 17, 2013
North Dakota concealed weapons permits up 55 percent 
The number of concealed weapons permits and renewals in North Dakota in 2012 increased by 55 percent as residents clamor to get a license amid talk of gun control legislation.
By Associated Press , February 17, 2013
Keith Holly, Grand Forks, letter: Door-to-door sales needs more oversight
The city recently stopped a store from opening because of its effects on the neighborhood. Why do transient merchants have more rights when they enter not only our neighborhoods but also our homes? Shouldn’t these merchants’ permit applications be vetted with more care?
By Keith Holly , July 22, 2012
Burn ban changed in NW Minn.
Burning permits will again be issued in parts of northwest Minnesota where burn bans were imposed thanks to Monday’s rain, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
By Herald Staff Report , March 20, 2012
150-day permit-issuing goal met, Minnesota DNR says
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it's meeting a new 150-day target for approving or rejecting permit applications 99.6 percent of the time.
By Associated Press , February 09, 2012
MPCA says Dayton-ordered streamlined permit process yields success
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it's achieving a 99 percent success rate in issuing environmental permits for construction of new projects and expansions of existing facilities within 150 days.
By Associated Press , February 07, 2012
MPCA Commissioner Paul Aasen, St. Paul, letter: State agency cuts permit-processing time
We’re glad to be working with Minnesota businesses and others to improve our permit processing. We’ve modified and improved our processes, and we’re already seeing results.
By Paul Aasen , October 24, 2011
Obama OKs fast-track review of Little Missouri, Dakota Prairie grasslands oil well, pipeline applications
The Obama administration said today that applications for oil wells and ancillary facilities in two national grasslands areas of North and South Dakota will be among 14 U.S. infrastructure projects to be expedited through permitting and environmental review processes.
By Herald Staff Report , October 11, 2011
Dayton signs Minnesota business permit bill into law
Minnesota’s environmental permitting process soon will speed up, with a goal of producing more jobs. Gov. Mark Dayton signed a permit speed-up bill Thursday, following up on an earlier executive order he wrote to do many of the same things.
By Don Davis , March 03, 2011
Report: Minnesota's environmental permit process slow, duplicative
Minnesota's legislative auditor said that the state's process for environmental review of private-sector jobs is too often burdened by delays, uncertainty and duplication of effort.
By Patrick Condon , March 01, 2011
AROUND MINNESOTA: Diver hurt in creek ... Swimmers swept into Lake Superior ... Deck collapse injures 10 people ... more
There’s been another person hurt diving at the section of Amity Creek known around Duluth as “the Deeps.” uthorities were notified about 12:15 p.m. Sunday that a young man had hit his head on a rock while jumping into the water.
August 16, 2010
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