For Phyllis Kahn’s ethics complaint against Denny McNamara to advance, she needed to win over one of two Republican voting members of the House Ethics Committee, but both took a dim view of the merits of Kahn’s claim from the start.
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House Ways and Means advances Vikings to floor on voice vote
After failing in a lower House committee a week earlier, the elite Ways and Means Committee has advanced the publicly subsidized stadium project for the Minnesota Vikings to the House floor on a voice vote.
Read More »Local governments look to hedge LGA uncertainty
Hutchinson Mayor Steve Cook watched as the Legislature finished its work in a mid-July special session. Like many other local government officials, he was not impressed.
Read More »Buesgens votes against House budget resolution
The Republicans' budget resolution passed the House Ways and Means Committee over the objection of Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan.
Read More »MN House and Senate set committee deadlines
Republican leaders at the Capitol have set committee deadlines for the 2011 session, bumping up the date for finance proposals to be heard in face of a multi-billion budget deficit.
Read More »House GOP shapes key committees for budget battle
There were few surprises when the Minnesota House GOP released committee rosters last week. Legislators, Republican and Democrat alike, landed in spots where they've sat before, or - in the case of new lawmakers - where they have accrued relevant experience in their professional and personal lives.
Read More »As dust settles, MN's post-session turnover begins
The makeup of the state Legislature that will sit down for the 2006 session starting in March may depend on what happens in St. Cloud. ...
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