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Senate DFLers split over Bakk's leadership
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — The Minnesota House and Senate had adjourned their one-day special session to finish passing the state budget and most lawmakers had gone home, but at 3 a.m....
View ArticleSome find Greater Minnesota accomplishments lacking during legislative session
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — It has been a week since the Minnesota Legislature went into overtime and finished passing the state budget, but talk about how lawmakers treated Greater Minnesota is...
View ArticleColumn: Greater Minnesota will benefit from new state budget laws
Daily GlobeBy DISTRICT 16B REP. PAUL TORKELSONHANSKA — After years of being left behind at the hands of big-city lawmakers, Minnesota House Republicans insisted on prioritizing Greater Minnesota this...
View ArticleFulda Heritage Society gets grant
Daily GlobeFULDA — A grant for $50,000 to the Fulda Heritage Society for construction of a new display area in Fulda for historic items has been included in this year’s Legacy...
View ArticleState budget starts: Aid for the poor included in new Minnesota laws
Daily Globe ST. PAUL — Thousands of poor Minnesota families will begin getting more state aid today as the new state budget begins.The $42 billion, two-year overall state budget provides...
View ArticleDayton uses second chance to hike commissioner pay
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Minnesota legislators gave Gov. Mark Dayton one day to raise his commissioners’ pay and, to no one’s surprise, he did that today.Dayton is giving an average...
View ArticleBuffer law meets with frustration, but lawmakers urge compliance
Daily GlobeREDWOOD FALLS — Many farmers are skeptical and upset by the state’s new buffer legislation, but one of the state’s largest farm groups and legislators involved in drafting the bill...
View ArticleAs others see it: Iowa Dems must make sure the votes are there
Daily GlobeLegislature are frustrated by the governor’s veto of supplemental school funding. There are plenty of reasons to explain their frustration: * The veto dismantled weeks of arduous...
View ArticleNew state laws go into effect Saturday
Daily Globe ST. PAUL — A new Minnesota law taking effect Aug. 1 will make it illegal to put bodily fluids into another person’s food or drink. The law was...
View ArticleGetting grayer: Minnesota lawmakers’ median age is a decade older than it was...
Daily GlobeST. PAUL -- Slowly and with little notice, the Minnesota Legislature has been graying.This year, the median age of House members is 54, according to a Pioneer...
View ArticleMinnesota revenue up in August
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Minnesota state revenues were 8.5 percent higher last month than expected. The $113 million jump from what was forecast last February, continuing a trend seen most...
View ArticleLawmaker/cop seeks apology over "making out" incident
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — A Democratic state representative with a long police career wants apologies from two Republican Minnesota lawmakers who accused a law enforcement officer of lying after he claimed...
View ArticleLetter: Lawmaker says state moving forward after bird flu outbreak
Daily GlobeEarlier in 2015, an outbreak of avian influenza devastated turkey and chicken producers locally and across our state. Recently, members of the Minnesota House Agriculture Policy and...
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Lawmakers accused of ‘making out’ apologize, resign Ethics Committee posts
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Minnesota state Reps. Tim Kelly and Tara Mack relinquished their positions on the House Ethics Committee Monday and issued apologies in the latest developments for the embattled...
View ArticleLetter: Dayton, DFLers went to bat for education
Daily GlobeBy Carmen Schuld, BigelowThe state fair is over, fall is in the air and children are returning to school. I know that everyone says they support education. No one ever...
View ArticleLetter: MPCA citizens' board should be restored
Daily GlobeBy Brad Trom, Blooming PrairieI am glad to know that State Senator Dan Sparks wants to see the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens’ Board restored, but his voting record doesn’t...
View ArticleLetter: GOP has disconnection on broadband
Daily GlobeBy Paul Thissen, House DFL Leader, MinneapolisAt a recent forum about the lack of high-speed Internet access in Greater Minnesota, a woman from Aitkin told us, “this isn’t just a need —...
View ArticleLetter: Broadband among 2016 GOP bipartisan priorities
Daily GlobeBy District 9B Rep. Ron Kresha, Assistant Majority Leader, R-Little FallsAs I travel in my district and across the state, broadband access, middle-class tax relief, and fixing our roads and...
View ArticleColumn: Veterans owed more than thanks; Minnesota owes them money, too
Daily GlobeBy REP. JOE ATKINS and SEN. JIM METZENST. PAUL — In October, after it was announced that Minnesota is holding a record $711 million in lost and unclaimed funds,...
View ArticleD- grade for Minnesota in integrity study
Daily GlobeBy KATIE G. NELSON, Center for Public IntegrityST. PAUL — On a grueling final day of the legislative session last May, Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt breezed through the final...
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