The Minnesota Department of Management and Budget's online site for tracking federal stimulus dollars is getting bad reviews for the quality of its disclosure, and some at the Capitol are worried that there may be deeper problems with the state's data collection and reporting plan in advance of a looming October 10 deadline for submitting expenditure information to the federal government.
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Lawmakers plan to mull election reforms in 2010
If Minnesota ever goes through another contentious U.S. Senate legal battle, should the winner of the recount be seated in Washington, D.C., while the trial ...
Read More »Popular vote not popular enough in State and Local Gov’t Ops
[This story originally appeared in the April 3 issue of The PIM Weekly Report.] Just before the election last fall, we brought you the story ...
Read More »Popular vote not popular enough in State and Local Gov’t Ops
[This story originally appeared in the April 3 issue of The PIM Weekly Report.] Just before the election last fall, we brought you the story ...
Read More »Political leaders disagree about redistricting commission
Lawmakers agree the process should be changed Leading political voices in Minnesota are debating a bill from Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller that would allow ...
Read More »The T Word: Rest’s tax bill may be a non-starter
The tax bill introduced on Monday by Sen. Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope) (pictured) is the broadest package of tax code changes offered so far this ...
Read More »Capitol spending debate: House-Senate division stalls Capitol reconstruction funding
Divisions between the House and Senate stopped the state Capitol restoration project from advancing in the 2007 legislative session. But key legislators say they will ...
Read More »Capitol restoration funding an issue
Architect and lifelong Twin Cities resident Michael Bjornberg has been appreciating the classical splendor of the state Capitol in St. Paul his entire life. He ...
Read More »Lawmakers in Minnesota consider how to do things better
A bipartisan group is looking for answers on how the Legislature can operate more efficiently and more effectively.
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