2010

April

• Keeping up with a new tobacco generation

• Division approves omnibus K-12 education bill

• House Finance Committee approves HHS budget bill

• House passes omnibus ag and veterans policy bill

• About that $408 million… stuck

• Unspent child care funds could trim deficit

• PIN numbers or signatures on debit cards?

• Claims bill gets finance committee approval

• Cuts criticized in HHS budget bill

• Conference committee adopts vehicle window tint language

• House and Senate conferees quickly reached agreement - Domestic Abuse

• House passes entrepreneur virtual help bill

• Division gets first look at omnibus K-12 education bill

• House passes amended syringe disposal bill

• Supplemental HHS budget bill is unveiled

• House re-passes MnSCU credit transfer bill

• House passes ignition interlock bill

• Two taxpayer contribution checkoffs proposed

• Deal on state health coverage for the poor is unraveling

• Pawlenty: Hospitals don’t have choice to refuse low-income health care plan

• Vikings say there’s still time for stadium deal at Capitol

• LCCMR bill likely headed to conference committee

• New rule to limit committee table seating

• Collaborative governance council creation passed by House

• Balanced street policy passed by the House

• Subdivision snow removal bill passed again

• Funding rails from traffic fine revenue

• DFL State Director Elections! Thursday Screening times extended

• FAQ: DFL State Convention

• 7th CD: State Director Position

• Renewed Race to the Top application takes shape

• House division lays over so-called Ratepayer Protection Act

• Outdoor, clean water projects total nearly $60 million

• Rep. Kim Norton: E-News

• Fee hike would boost financial aid funds

• House passes home warranty dispute bill

• Income reciprocity benchmark study sought

• Pawlenty dusts off teacher pay, tenure proposals

• Bill would study Minnesota-Wisconsin tax deal

• GOP “bench” says education reform and budget are next week’s agenda

• Mayor to mayor: Coleman endorses Rybak in gov’s race

• Report could delay transmission line construction

• Bill would require training for blind counselors

• House OKs staying longer in foster care

• Tougher, softer penalties for guns at school

• Tougher penalty proposed for providing alcohol to minors

• Minn. House approves crackdown school weapons

• Sen. Ann Lynch Newsletter April 16, 2010

• Solar rebate program gets OK from House division

• Omnibus environment finance bill gets committee approval

• Tattoo and piercing service licensing bill to floor

• Higher education policy bill moves forward

• Second Race to the Top grant application at the starting line published 4/13/2010   During a press

• Lead poisoning prevention bill passes

• Interchangeability rules for epilepsy drugs passed

• Omnibus domestic abuse bill passed by House

• Ensuring an offender’s DNA is received

• Timeline exclusions proposed for vehicle impound notification

• Lawmaker unveils plan to delay closing of mental health facilities

• Minn. lawmakers consider increasing DWI penalties

• Bill raising car fees advances in Minn. House

• DFL legislator says welfare policy penalizes women who have a miscarriage

• Study of Wisconsin, Minnesota tax deal proposed

• Cash flow outlook better, but not by much

• Veterans of Foreign Wars Day passed

• Minn. lawmakers mull crackdown on weapons in schools

• DFL majority leaders suggests Legislature take time off

• Federal reviewers: Minn. ‘Race to the Top’ application illegible, missing information

• DFL leaders: Holding pattern on HHS budget

• ‘Do-nothing’ week frustrates GOP

• House passes abuse notification bill

• Provisions relating to a dead human body passed

• Layoffs loom for university, MnSCU faculty

• Liebling Email Update 4/8/10

• Betting on TIF

• Not-so-great expectations

• Nursing a level playing field

• Helping farmers help themselves

• Kim Norton: April Newsletter

• More work needed on electronics insurance bill

• Council presents legacy fund appropriations bill

• Disclosing student data in emergencies

• New mortgage seller regulations approved

• Using TIF to potentially fund streetcars

• House passes vehicle window tint bill

• House rejects Sunday liquor sales

• Race to the Top differences remain

• License revocation for criminal sexual conduct offense

• Plan to boost student financial aid approved

• Minn. official: State won’t borrow to pay bills

• Top issues in Minnesota’s 2010 legislative session

• Minn. bill makes basement brewing legal

• House passes bill allowing easier disposal of medicines

• Cheers! Pawlenty signs basement drink brewing law

• Minnesota GOP Narrowly Defeats Resolution to Grant “the Right of States to Secede From the Uni

• Budget, tax bills gain Pawlenty signature

• Budget, tax bills about to gain Pawlenty signature