Dan Sparks

Mar 10, 2010

Racino bill stalls in first Senate hearing

Two hours of testimony and debate Wednesday in a state Senate committee on a proposal to raise state revenues by allowing slot machines at two Minnesota horse racing tracks ended without a vote.

May 23, 2005

Geography, more than party labels, can unite lawmakers in Minnesota

Two hours of testimony in a state Senate committee this evening on a proposal to raise state revenues by allowing slot machines at two Minnesota horse racing tracks ended without a vote. The bill’s author Dan Sparks, DFL-Austin, laid the so-called racino bill on the table before a vote could be taken. The state Capitol ...