Legislature Sends Shot Across the Governor’s Bow

Yesterday, Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN ) contacted Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis) on the House floor and encouraged her to suspend the debate on the education finance bill in the spirit moving the global budget negotiations...

Legislature Sends Shot Across the Governor’s Bow

Yesterday, Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) contacted Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis) on the House floor and encouraged her to suspend the debate on the Education Finance Bill in the spirit moving the global budget negotiations...

Fate of BioDiesel

The House is set to debate the Omnibus Agriculture Policy Bill, which contains the provision for BioDiesel. We understand BioDiesel is facing strong opposition and its future is uncertain. Currently, the fiscal conservatives in the State House oppose the mandates...

Thanks, But No Thanks

The Rural DFL members of the House are trying to coalesce with their Republican colleagues but without much success. Originally, the two sides were to sit down with each other at a meeting called by Rep Richard “Doc” Mulder (R–21B, Ivanhoe), but the...