2012

January

• Teacher layoff practices debated

• Partisanship clouds state Senate’s decision

• Angry Dayton calls senators unfit to govern after they fire PUC chair

• Lawmakers Resume Debate Over Health Exchange

• While GOP balks, Dayton moves ahead with Minnesota health exchange

• Tort reform bill headed to House floor

• 13 Counties pegged for enhanced DWI patrols

• Governor Mark Dayton sets date for State of the State Address

• Dean, Thissen comment on first week of session

• Teacher licensing requirements may increase

• Gridlock Still Haunts the Halls of MN Capitol

• The House is back in session

• The House is back in session

• Minnesota DFL Asks Minnesota Republican Party Questions Regarding Campaign Finance Violations

• Arne Duncan, U.S. Schools Chief, Gives Minnesota Thumbs Up

• Public pensions: A worse-case scenario

• Governor Mark Dayton’s Stadium Analysis

• Governor Dayton Announces New Jobs Proposal

• State and Federal partnership will develop new Water Quality Certification Program

• Governor unveils his 2012 bonding proposal

• Spinal-cord Injuries Hit Teen Athletes Hardest

• $15 billion stakes ride on epic gambling fight

• New nonpartisan study shows the drastic impact of Republican property tax hikes

• Surpassing Shanghai: Why Finland Works

• Bills submitted for first day introduction

• Democrats regard Walz as vulnerable

• Allen wins District 61B special election

• Dayton Administration seeks new ways to finance better highways, transit systems

• Governor Dayton and DFL Legislators Present Jobs Plan to Get Minnesota Back to Work

• Governor Dayton and DFL Legislators Present Jobs Plan to Get Minnesota Back to Work

• American Indian wins vacated state House seat in Minneapolis

• Campaign finance board will look into state GOP

• State GOP ‘suspends’ firing of LCCMR director Thornton

• Demand for workers rebounds in December

• 104 Minn. school districts reach deals with teachers

• Minnesota must battle against anti-Somali bigotry

• Pat Shortridge elected as MN GOP party chair

• Minn. political parties ‘at a crossroads’

• Leaders want to make 2012 the year of reform

• Minnesota can and should borrow and build

• Minnesota GOP picks political consultant to head party

• Will Vikings take their final bow in Minnesota this weekend?