2005

March

• Gay marriage ban passes MN House and gets closer to 2006 ballot

• Plan to close two colleges

• Pawlenty to get a boost from Karl Rove

• Elusive bonding deal is reached

• A look at the sex offender plans

• Highlights of the bonding deal

• Deal reached on state bonding bill

• Hatch: Indian-state casino unconstitutional

• House panel OKs two new casinos

• In test of power, DFL’s spending measure fails

• Bill mandates health coverage for Minnesotans

• Recipients fight alimony system change

• A narrow win for the GOP budget

• Indians protest casino proposal

• Rep. Liebling: Letter From the Capitol #6

• Landlocked, cold and now No. 1 in H.S. diplomas

• Effort to boost minimum wage shows promise

• Report finds families worse off with health savings accounts

• House DFL Health Care Legislation Unveiled

• Majority harmed by loss of MinnesotaCare in rural areas

• Report: Many nursing homes teeter on brink

• DFL Senate Status At Easter Break

• DFL Complaints With Gov. Pawlenty

• It’s been: a) a step forward b) a great morass c) all of the above

• Board rejects campaign complaints

• Sen. Day wants an exit toll for McCombs

• Soldier from Rochester is killed by grenade in Iraq

• Iowa Makes Deal to Retain Medicaid Money

• Bill would require doctors to offer anaesthesia to later-term fetuses before abortion

• U stadium gains ground

• DFL plan to balance the budget angers GOP

• Bill could pull state out of ‘No Child’ law

• Budget resolutions stalled

• Smoking ban foes await ruling

• Bonding bill remains stalled

• Rural areas neglected at nation’s peril, report says

• Health committee ground rules draw criticism

• In 2 votes, MN Senate calls for federal law to change

• Bill would rein in partisan challenges

• Legislators fail to agree on bonding bill for construction projects

• DFLers: Balance budget first

• Senator fighting NWA job cuts

• US Senate Bill would expand use of renewable fuel

• State high court declines to hear Eibensteiner appeal

• Casino, racino plans advance

• Latest Pawlenty Rx plan under fire

• The power of one: Albert Lea’s Dan Dorman

• House panel OKs gay marriage amendment vote

• NWA cuts spark Capitol backlash

• Siefert backs off on welfare penalties

• Taking a health idea to task

• Weed killer foes’ efforts eradicated

• Gambling plans encompass state casino, slots at track, tavern machines

• Minnesota RxConnect to add drugs from Great Britain

• Sen. Kiscaden: Legislative Update 6

• Pawlenty urges corn growers to lobby for ethanol mandate

• Lawmakers propose slot machines in taverns

• Abortion alternative bills backed by panel

• State unemployment rate down to 4.2%

• State license tab collaboration again brings in over $100,000

• Rukavina has his fill of Pawlenty family photos on governor’s Web site

• Tina Liebling - Letter From the Capitol #5

• Legislator seeks to toughen standards for lead poisoning

• 109 Page Sex Offender Bill Scrutinized

• DFL bill would accelerate use of home-grown energy sources

• A boost in safety for kids in cars

• Casino bill adds means testing

• DFL contest for Party Chair is heating up

• State Senate passes bill to lift restrictions on media at polls

• Bill would revamp child-support formula

• Railway deal a key link for Northstar

• Study Examines Juvenile Justice System

• Analysis: Pawlenty presidential buzz, bumps at home

• Governor’s Supplemental Budget Items Proposal

• Top 10 Minnesota road projects

• Bill seeks free tuition at MnSCU

• GOP legislators back new drug reimport plan

• Federal Highway bill includes $230 million for Minnesota

• Pawlenty proposes more school aid

• Gutknecht Buckles Under Party-Boss Pressure, Will Break Pledge to Minnesotans

• Repeal of MinnCare plan’s limits sought

• Pawlenty seeks tax-increase blocker

• American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card for Minnesota

• Rotenberg of U may run for Senate

• House panel OKs medical lawsuit caps

• Committee rejects plan for English-only driver’s license tests

• Bill would order vote on ban of same-sex marriage

• Bill would strip sports from schools

• Canterbury to reveal new racino plan today

• Lawmaker Wants TV to Help Gambling Addicts

• Suburban poverty rate in Minnesota, 7 states outstrips nation’s

• A plan to expand state health coverage

• McCollum passes on Senate bid, will seek 4th term to U.S. House

• Pawlenty backs Kennedy, fuels tiff

• Sen. Kiscaden Legislature Update: Monday, March 7

• Budget forecast stirs it up at Capitol

• Several Indian bands look at opening Rx outlets

• No rush to host a metro casino

• Casino legal questions abound

• Limiting elderly motorists

• Casino projection: Bucks aplenty

• Gutknecht withholds endorsement of Kennedy in Senate race

• ‘Time for better deal is here,’ Pawlenty says of casino plan

• Effort resumes to spurn federal education law

• Tax study kindles policy debate

• Senate passes anti-meth bill

• Pawlenty, Indians agree on casino

• Gutknecht says he won’t run for Senate

• Tribes, state reach deal on metro casino

• Sobriety Tests Are Becoming Part of the School Day

• Casino proposed for MSP airport

• Legislature awash with bills to support veterans

• Committee spikes bills changing auto insurance

• House committee defeats smoking ban

• Legislation would take away profs’ alleged bully pulpits

• Job gain in 2004 surprise for state

• Rep. Liebling: Letter from the Capitol 2/23/05

• What an improved forecast means

• State Rx program looks to Europe

• Attempt to strangle would be felony

• House bill would expedite felons’ voting rights

• Bill preserving value of gift cards advances

• State revenue outlook brighter

• Thousands rally for school funding

• MN Senator Dean Johnson Budget Statement