Natural Resources Funding

The issue that is coming forward and will be hard for members to vote against will be Sen Bob Lessard’s (I -03, International Falls) constitutional amendment which dedicates three-sixteenths of 1 percent of the state sales tax, the number comes is around $112 million...

Stud Ban Repeal Underway

During the 1998 legislative session,  the legislature passed legislation to place a ban on snowmobile studs. The idea passed fairly easily through the process. Those who consider themselves to be fiscally responsible argued for the cost-savings for counties who needed...

Hunting and Fishing Rights in the House

The DFL caucus kept the House in recess for over an hour longer than expected on Monday. The issue was a Senate bill for a Constitutional Amendment called “The Right to Hunt and Fish.” The bill is the work of Sen. Bob Lessard (I-03, International Falls)....

Media Rare’s Rave

St. Paul consultancy Media Rare held an office-warming party Wednesday at their new location in St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood. Media Rare’s Director of Client Services is everybody’s favorite attack dog, Erich Mische. So as to be crystal clear,...