The Sierra Club's 2009-2010 scorecard for Minnesota legislators shows a lopsided record between Republicans and DFLers. Greater Minnesota DFLers also often scored lower than urban DFLers.
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Congress approves scaled back FMAP funds
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that will send long-awaited federal Medicaid money to Minnesota.
Read More »Paper Trail: 2010 Taxpayers League legislative scorecard
The Taxpayers League of Minnesota has issued its annual legislative scorecard for 2010. The scorecard is the de facto list of heros and goats among fiscal conservatives.
Read More »The Paper Trail: MN Budget Project writes the history of the 2010 session
The Minnesota Budget Project in a new analysis tells the story of the 2010 legislative session from the February forecast to the last weekend of session.
Read More »Pawlenty brandishes veto pen
Pawlenty line-item vetoed the tax bill. He also struck down legislation dealing with criminal convictions and a bill creating a council focusing on streamlining government services.
Read More »Pawlenty shoots down game and fish bill
Governor Pawlenty has rejected a bill that allowed anglers to use two lines on open water, appropriated money for a walk-in hunting program on private land and approved a bevy of land sales.
Read More »Chamber combs through 2010 session victories and defeats
The state's largest statewide business lobby is cheering the defeat of tax increase proposals in the 2010 legislative session. The group sees more work to be done in 2011 on an array of issues like K-12 education and workers' comp policy.
Read More »Updated: Let the session postmortems begin
The 2010 Minnesota Legislature adjourned sine die this morning after passing a last-minute compromise that eliminated a $3 billion budget deficit. And within minutes of adjournment, the reaction flood began.
Read More »Eleventh-hour K-12 bill stalls in House
A last minute bid by DFLers to pass a K-12 education bill failed this morning in the state House.
Read More »Nornes returns to Capitol after collapsing during caucus
Rep. Bud Nornes, a seven-term Republican member of the Minnesota House from Fergus Falls, was briefly hospitalized today after passing out, falling and hitting his head in the state Capitol.
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