2007

March

• Proposed tax rates

• Bill would push utilities to conserve

• PhotoCop busted in MN Legislature

• State’s proposed 9.7% top tax rate may lead nation

• Minnesota Legislature / DFL, Pawlenty doing tax dance

• MN House passes bill to nip abusive loan practices

• MN Education bill provides big increases

• MN Senate panel OKs property tax relief bill

• Minnesota Senate OKs car buyers’ rights bill

• Minnesota Senate passes bill to cover thousands of uninsured

• $306.6 million state bonding bill passes on a 56-9 vote in Senate

• $900 million income tax increase is in the mix

• House DFL unveils plan to move state to universal health

• Money Needed to Train

• State Database Glitch Halts Departments

• MN Senate tax bill puts businesses in a bind

• MN HOUSE PASSES $255 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL

• MN Senate approves statewide smoking ban

• MN Senate Approves Smoking Ban

• Taxes favor Minnesota’s wealthy, businesses

• 3 approaches to slicing MN education pie

• DFL: Tax relief for 90% of homeowners

• Outstate News (3-25-07)

• An underfunded mandate

• Lori Sturdevant: State policy grew out of a spiritual journey

• MN House approves $9 billion roads bill

• How they voted

• MN Senate advances benefits bill for same-sex couples

• New tax revenue in the Senate Bill, 2008-17

• MN Senate OKs $10.5 billion road bill

• DFL education bill is less than Pawlenty proposed

• Traffic-camera bill hits red light

• Senate taps millions more for higher ed

• State’s gasoline tax could double - and then some

• Pay gap at Minneapolis Veterans Home is factor in care

• Over police objections, House committee OKs medical marijuana bill

• A visceral reminder of Iraq war’s casualties

• State needs to help in flood recovery, Pawlenty tells legislators

• LAWMAKERS GET DOWN TO BUDGET BUSINESS

• Minnesota Legislature / Bonding bill would benefit buses, rail

• Taxes favor Minnesota’s wealthy, businesses

• Champlin, Minn. / Taxed caregivers up for a break

• They were lawmakers. Should they wait to lobby?

• Minnesota Legislature / 10-cent gas tax hike clears committee

• In both MN houses, DFLers plan property tax relief

• Minnesota Legislature / Senate rejects bill to elect Met Council

• Minnesota Legislature / ‘Hefty’ tab assured in Senate DFL roads bill

• Minnesota Legislature / Foreign-made flags facing ban

• Pawlenty Ignores Brown Valley Flood Victims to Campaign with McCain

• Pawlenty will campaign with McCain in Iowa today

• Public partnership, or corporate blackmail?

• MN Health Committee Tables Online Medical Rcds Bill

• MN Health Committee Tables Online Medical Rcds Bill

• Brace yourself for higher property taxes

• Walz Hears that MN VA center prepares for more care and study

• Minnesota Legislature / ‘Give me a tax break’ — citizens say how

• Minnesota Legislature / Legal but not citizens: Should they get to vote?

• Partner benefits back on agenda

• Wave of tax increases could be coming

• Pain, anger, promises in MN vets home testimony

• Minnesota Senate / Body piercing legislation progresses

• Proposal to use cameras as traffic cops moving through Legislature

• Legislators split on governor’s picks for regents

• Health insurance for all Minnesotans by 2011?

• Pawlenty visits Afghanistan

• Legislators eye MAC’s deal with Northwest

• Bill of rights for moms who miscarry

• Minneapolis / Veterans home slapped with fines

• Pawlenty visiting Minnesota troops today in Iraq

• St. Paul group touts instant runoff vote

• Health proposal targets uninsured

• Greenhouse gas limits take first step in Legislature

• Pawlenty to legislators (again): No tax increases

• School ‘cyber bullying’ policy garners support in state Senate

• Expungement debate breaks party molds

• Bill would raise income taxes for Minnesota schools

• June primary gets panel’s approval

• New proposal: Give bars tax break to go smoke-free

• Obituary / Dallas Sams, 54, ‘beloved’ senator

• Pawlenty joins call to restore money for kids’ insurance

• Who gets to write tax laws? You do

• Minnesota Legislature / Up in smoke?

• Pawlenty shakes up state veterans home

• Minneapolis officer under investigation for allegedly implying Ellison is a terrorist

• House panel passes bill to ban smoking statewide

• Minnesota Turns 150 / State’s birthday party under way

• New proposal: Give bars tax break to go smoke-free

• State shutting down offices

• DFL legislators, metro mayors have transportation plan

• Mall of America wants $234 million subsidy package

• Legislator’s bill would save an old friend a teardown

• June primary gets panel’s approval

• MN Surplus taken with grain of salt

• At The MN Capitol / Online child predators targeted