2005

May

• Betting on casinos hasn’t paid off for governor so far

• Tina Liebling: Capitol Report 5/28/05

• Larry Weiss: Kennedy’s flirtation with CAFTA

• Third-party candidate, DFLer to run for governor

• Haggling over human services budget continues

• Doran’s wealth swamps that of other Senate candidates

• State senator’s son killed in Iraq; copter shot down

• Third-party candidate, DFLer to run for governor

• Haggling over human services budget continues

• Minnesota is tops in voter turnout, census finds

• Teacher wants to unseat Gutknecht

• The push is on for Pawlenty’s schools plan

• Health care tops agenda as budget deals begin

• Letter to Gov. Tim Pawlenty on his tax increase proposal

• Most new DFLers decline to accept per diem

• The push is on for Pawlenty’s schools plan

• Special session gets off to showy start

• A historic crackdown on sex offenders

• DFL delay doesn’t derail state funding bill

• Some big bills pass, others get signed

• Pawlenty signs Positive Alternatives Act

• ‘Get back to work,’ Pawlenty says

• Sen. Kiscaden: Legislative Update 10

• Pawlenty orders immediate special session

• Senate DFLers come up with budget counteroffer

• Teacher bill revises ‘last hired, first fired’

• Session down to hard part

• Soldiers get a break with MinnesotaCare

• Legislators merely mark time

• Minneapolis lawyer is new DFL state chair

• The strings attached

• Pawlenty proposes 75-cent cigarette ‘fee’

• Should women be shielded from combat?

• Veto threat ends drive on tuition

• Gas tax increase vetoed

• Panel to iron out differences in crisis pregnancy bill

• Positions calcify as hopes for deal dim

• Al Franken buys townhouse in Minneapolis

• Mayo Clinic announces discounts to uninsured

• Flynn takes on Pawlenty

• Veto can’t stop voters from deciding road, transit spending

• Those Who Outgrow Foster Care Still Struggle, Study Finds

• Senate approves gun range regulation bill

• Senators vote to rescind tolls during off-peak hours

• Senate OKs transport bill that raises gas tax 10 cents

• Senate OKs ban on ‘power hour’ drinking

• Child support revision passes

• Bill aims to prevent shaken-baby cases

• Pawlenty suffers casino setback

• Ballpark bill gains fans

• House members receive threatening e-mail

• Developer joins race for U.S. Senate seat

• Coleman-Galloway showdown billed as ‘epic’

• Minnesota goes ice cold on Bush

• Changing bill delays casino vote again

• Bid for stadium referendum loses

• Clock is ticking on budget talks

• Smoothness, smiles on I-394 toll lanes

• Legislators say donors won’t affect casino vote

• Stadium tax plan is calling for a first

• Legislature: 8 days left, much to do

• Ready for the toll road?

• Rep. Tina Liebling: Status Report 5/13/05

• Transportation Bill: How House members voted

• Plan would prop up teachers’ pension fund

• DFL attempts to bait its foes

• Senate passes handgun bill

• Fort Snelling, Duluth hit by proposed base changes

• Minnesota Poll: Plurality in state support filibusters

• House OKs local sales tax option

• House approves gas tax hike

• MN House Approves Transportation Package

• Insurer totes up costs of smoking

• Committee vote is near on Pawlenty casino plan

• Ask not to whom the blame flows

• House approves increase in license tab fees

• Gas tax debate pushed to Senate floor

• Minnesota Poll: Pawlenty’s ratings ride it out

• Racino’s biggest backer doesn’t want tribal partnership

• Ethanol, wage bills signed by Pawlenty

• State: Parents should be told of day-care abuses

• Global warming will worsen Midwest pollution and midwesterners’ health

• House approves rules for passing emergency vehicles

• Less becomes more in property tax plan

• MN House is looking like ballpark battleground

• Minnesota Poll: Same-sex unions lose support

• MREA Discusses Tina Liebling Vote

• Tina Liebling Capitol Update 5-6-2005

• Opat bounces back with stadium deal

• MN Senate passes grants for pregnancy centers on lopsided vote

• May 16 set as opening date for 394 Express Lanes

• Transit budget at an impasse

• Gas-tax support runs low

• Deck is stacked against casino plan

• House tax measure clears committee, heads to floor

• Minnesota Poll: The popular budget fix is a little bit of everything

• Bill to double ethanol in gasoline passes Legislature

• Divided Senate passes tax bill

• Senate votes unanimously for K-12 funding bill

• Senate bill proposes $239M for higher ed

• Life jackets for kids requirement signed into law

• Senate OKs income tax hike for state’s wealthiest

• Sen. Kiscaden - Legislative Update 9

• DFL Gala Fundraising A Big Success

• MN Senate debates education spending

• Bill to double ethanol in gasoline passes Legislature

• Pawlenty: DFL tax proposal ‘profoundly stupid’

• Army Reservists return to Minnesota after duty in Afghanistan

• Airport tab may go up by $122 million

• Income tax hike advances in Senate

• Ethanol boost gets Senate OK

• Clean-water bill is in trouble

• Bill thaws funding freeze for schools

• Senate approves health bill with MinnesotaCare expansion

• Kerry rallies St. Paul crowd on health care for children

• Potential casino owners decry daily cap on losses

• Senate’s crime bill at odds with House on key points

• Mayors speak against proposed state aid cuts

• MN Pollution Actions Total More Than $1.3 Million In First Quarter of 2005

• Senate OKs minimum wage raise

• House approves minimum wage boost

• Pfizer exec advocates importation of drugs

• House OKs sex-offender amendments

• Tougher gun permit bill advances

• Minimum Wage: It’ll be $1 more an hour for some

• Gov. Tim Pawlenty: There he goes again

• House approves health care changes

• Paid travel is under scrutiny

• GOP pushing cut in renters’ credit