In spite of the opposition from the Chamber of Commerce, the Trucking, Railroad, Airline and the Mining Industries the Bio-Diesel passed the Transportation Policy Committee Chaired by Rep. Tom Workman (R – 43A, Chaska) on an 11 to 4 vote. Workman amended the bill to...
The email sent by Rep. Michael Paymar (DFL – 64B, St. Paul) to identify know tobacco lobbyists has met with some reprisals from his colleagues. Rep. Dave Bishop (R – 30B, Rochester) criticized the disparaging comments about the names listed in...
It is clearly evident the state of Minnesota has a significant backlog of unfunded transportation projects. The state is years behind in general repair and maintenance let alone new Highway construction. Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) has even added new projects to...
Now that the session has official started lobbyist are scrambling to establish a rapport with the newly selected Committee Administrators. The list of people was not made official until the start of session. We had it earlier than that, but with all of the activity we...
