Mar 30, 2000
Well, tonight’s the night of the Checks & Balances Session Stress Reliever. It is occurring at the Rathskeller of the Minnesota Brewing Company located at 882 W. 7th Street in St. Paul. There has been some confusion people are thinking it is in the Rathskeller of...
Mar 30, 2000
By statute, the legislature is allowed to be in session for 120 legislative days each biennium. The definition of a legislative day is when either body meets. Historically, the session lengths were 100 days in 1991-92, 106 days in 1993-94, 113 days in 1995-96 and 109...
Mar 30, 2000
Two interesting rule changes in the State House have caught our attention lately. The first is the expansion of the number of authors on any piece of legislation. Previously, the number was limited to 5 and now that has been opened up. We came across some interesting...
Mar 30, 2000
There is some speculation about the constitutionality of the Omnibus Bill passed last week in the state House. The Bill has been called the “mother of all garbage bills” and may impinge on the close of the legislative session. The short description in the...
Mar 30, 2000
Now that the legislative session has moved into conference committee mode, we can look at the main issues that will determine the viability of a train wreck scenario. The five issues that we forecast to become the movable chess pieces are: Upper Tier Income Tax Cuts...
Mar 30, 2000
Anyone around the legislature in 1997 knew the impact that the Twins Stadium issue had on all pieces of legislation. It was the insidious issue that kept popping up everywhere. In 1996, Sen John Marty (DFL-54, Roseville) kept legislator’s feet to the fire by making it...
Mar 26, 2000
On Monday, the House Republican Majority proposed a bill, which may prove to be the largest compilation bill in state history. Many were calling it a “Garbage Bill” and it included the following topics: Appropriations, Health Care, Complementary and...
Mar 23, 2000
Vance Opperman has been named as the chairman of the search committee for a new Chancellor with the Minnesota and State College and University (MNSCU) system. The MNSCU Board of Trustees there is a discussion that folks in the MNSCU community are interested in finding...
Mar 23, 2000
We are having a party on March 30th. Checks & Balances is hosting an event we are calling the Session Stress Reliever at the Rathskeller of the Minnesota Brewing Company. The address is 882 West 7th Street in St. Paul. Our publication is in its fifth year of...
Mar 23, 2000
This week North Woods Advertising announced its own coup. They announced that John Fox Blackshaw is joining the firm as President, effective April 1, 2000. Blackshaw comes to North Woods after more than seven years at Tunheim Santrizos Company, where he was Senior...
