House Capital Investment Chair Alice Hausman told reporters on Wednesday that the sprinkler provision would not be included in either chamber’s final bonding package.
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Senate panel okays $109 million Lessard-Sams package
The recommendations call for the acquisition of almost 2,000 acres of native prairie and would pay for restoration and enhancement projects on another 7,000 acres of such lands.
Read More »U seeks funding for terrestrial pest center
The U pegs costs for this “virtual center” at about $9 million over the course of a decade.
Read More »Where are they now? Class of ’10 edition
Catching up with four former GOP legislators.
Read More »Frac sand limitations fail in Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee turned down Sen. Matt Schmit's bid to amend frac sand legislation into the game and fish bill less than a week after it removed from the same bill by a different committee. However, Gov. Mark Dayton's administration has voiced strong support for Schmit's proposal, creating the potential for it to reemerge before session's end.
Read More »Conference committees on key finance bills take shape
With most major finance bills clearing the House and Senate floors, attention will now turn towards conference committees this week. Conferees on several bills have already been appointed by legislative leaders.
Read More »Marriage bill’s fate uncertain
On the steps of the state Capitol, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton stood in the sleet on Thursday to encourage a crowd of hundreds to push their legislators to legalize gay marriage this session.
Read More »House proposes Legacy changes
The Minnesota House is getting pushback as it seeks to reset the calendar for appropriating Legacy dollars for hunting and fishing habitat.
Read More »Gun bills give rural DFLers ‘heartburn’
Paul Marquart knows that when it comes to the gun debate at the Capitol, most of it boils down to matters of region and culture.
Read More »House may buck Lessard-Sams recommendations
Even though Minnesota faces a $1.1 billion budget deficit, there are still some much-coveted pots of money up for grabs in 2013, thanks to the Legacy amendment’s provisions for spending on outdoors and cultural projects.
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