2010

February

• Minority will uphold GAMC veto, leader says

• GAMC override vote possible Monday

• Alternative teacher licensure bills get committee OK

• Busing costs could be billed to nonpublic and charter schools

• Primary date change passed by House

• Majority vote still not necessary to win

• Syringe product stewardship program adopted by House committee

• U of M president: make higher education a priority

• Opening bioscience grants to clean energy projects

• Computer-adaptive testing proposal goes forward

• Making a happier home for tenants, landlords

• Asset exemptions sought for MFIP and general assistance

• Airport expansion plan met with ‘Twine Ball International’ alternative

• Minn. bill would give home brewers a hand

• Minn. Dems looking to override Pawlenty veto this week

• Lawmakers looking at racetrack slot money as new revenue source

• After recalling bonding bill, DFL reconsiders priorities

• Report pinpoints policies behind taxes

• Safety rules for inflatable indoor parks

• Picking a temporary legislative successor

• Workforce programs brace for cuts

• Education application clarification

• Bonding bill not going to the governor

• Votes, then a veto, for health care

• Capital investment bill gets legislative approval; veto expected

• Conference committee finalizes bonding bill, veto likely

• Interim rates stripped from public utilities bill

• Deer, coyote provisions held over by House division

• Trades licensing bill headed to governor’s desk

• Getting soldiers their extra pay

• Tim Pawlenty’s budget and the big picture

• Electronic monitoring for domestic abusers gets division OK

• Expanding ex parte protection area

• More bonding, GAMC action expected on floor published 2/19/2010

• Homeowner-lender mediation bill resurrected

• Using cell phone data to find missing persons

• Pawlenty’s GAMC veto letter

• Pawlenty spokesman says governor will veto GAMC bill

• Legislature Votes to Extend Expiring Health Plan

• Critics challenge Pawlenty’s business tax cut plan

• GAMC extension bill gets House, Senate approval

• Financial aid cuts likely for college students

• Keeping the lieutenant governor position

• Don’t darken the vehicle windows too much

• Snow removal in unfinished subdivisions gets division OK

• Minority councils get grim budget news

• Utility interim rates hearing spills over to Monday

• DEED programs need some work, auditor says

• Unallotment modification gets committee approval

• House Republicans seek commission to streamline state operations

• LGA cuts force cities to tighten belts, again

• Minn. Senate passes tax break for Haiti donations

• A closer look at proposed health and welfare cuts

• WHAT SOUTHERN MINNESOTANS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE RECOVERY ACT

• Legislators on right and left react to governor’s budget cuts

• Gov’s budget makes big cuts in health, welfare programs

• DFLers blast Pawlenty’s budget plan

• A closer look at Pawlenty’s budget plan

• Arts supporters see end-run in governor’s budget-cutting plan

• Elk River district seeks more state money

• Pawlenty to Obama: Include governors in health care debate

• Minn. Chamber sues over campaign laws

• Minnesota House approves bonding bill

• Lawmakers to governor: what’s ‘Plan B?’

• Tax break proposed for charitable gaming

• Expanding Food Support eligibility plan put on hold

• Group calls for science and technology initiative

• Omnibus transportation policy bill gets another chance

• Sex offender facility added to bonding bill passed by the House

• Eminent domain bill approved as amended by House division

• Deep cuts cause for deep concern to cities and counties

• DFLers blast Pawlenty’s budget plan

• A closer look at Pawlenty’s budget plan

• Minn. Senate OKs moving up primary election

• Pawlenty to unveil ‘painful’ spending cuts

• House to vote on $1B borrowing bill

• Senate bill would allow Minn. to spend extra cash on Vermilion State Park

• House leadership braces for busy floor sessions next week published 2/12/2010   Less than two week

• Minority leaders say expect bonding bill amendments next week

• Temporary GAMC plan going to the floor

• Thousands of soldiers waiting for extra pay benefit

• High-speed Internet for all Minnesotans by 2015

• Pawlenty heading back to New Hampshire

• American Legion supports gambling law change

• Pawlenty offers familiar refrains in State of the State address

• LCCMR requests get division approval

• Bonding bill heading to the House floor

• Pawlenty wants mayors to manage St. Paul, Mpls. schools

• Pawlenty focuses on jobs in State of State speech

• Pawlenty preps last state of the state in shadow of gridlock

• Cities say they can’t take more local aid cuts

• Moody’s sees gloom for MN state, city, school debt

• DFLers propose limits on governor’s budget powers

• Minn. Senate passes $1 billion construction projects bill

• Bonding bill gets finance committee approval

• Moody’s drops state’s ratings outlook

• As districts fear more cuts, school allies prepare for a fight

• Minn. Senate passes $1 billion construction projects bill

• Pawlenty won’t propose Vikings stadium plan

• Pawlenty seeks longer terms for sex offenders

• Minn. Senate DFLers outline $50M jobs plan

• Dems open session with borrowing plan, health care cuts

• Pawlenty says he’ll avoid cutting K-12 education in budget cuts

• Bicyclists may get OK to proceed through red lights

• Governor may adopt DFL ‘angel’ language

• A two-year moratorium on foreclosure sales proposed.

• Unemployment insurance frustrations aired

• Primary could move to August

• Bonding bill gets division approval

• Haitian relief donation could mean tax relief

• Citizens input needed on government redesign

• Amendments stall vote on eminent domain bill

• Bonding might complicate cash flow

• Building a ladder out of poverty

• Rep. Kim Norton February Newsletter

• Ex-Sen. Kelley first to fall in Minn. gov race

• Sen. Lynch February Newsletter

• House releases its bonding proposal

• Jobs, economy top DFL’s legislative agendaJobs, economy top DFL’s legislative agenda

• House has uneventful start on the floor

• Bills prepare for end of GAMC program

• State prepares to borrow cash, just in case

• Report gives positive review to alternative education programs

• Students like web based postsecondary planning tool

• Tougher DWI sanctions offered

• Minnesota Caucus Results

• Caucus Night: DFL and GOP straw poll results are trickling in