bonding bill
No bonding bucks without economic justice
Minnesota lawmakers already passed a state bonding bill this year that DFL lawmakers say will put people back to work on construction projects around the state.
But how many of the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent hiring people from communities with disproportionately high-unemployment rates and other disadvantaged groups?MORE »
Shortening the session to lengthen election campaigns?
The Easter/Passover break state lawmakers began Tuesday usually signals the halfway point of the Minnesota Legislature's session. But this year, there are signs that lawmakers could be calling it quits early so they can get started on their 2010 election campaigns.MORE »
Asian-Pacific, African-American centers among Pawlenty bonding victims
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's signing Sunday of a $1 billion bonding bill came at a price -- he cut $319 million in state construction projects from the bill to show his "commitment to fiscal discipline and an attempt to prioritize important state projects."MORE »
Finance takes center stage
WIth the first deadline behind them, this week will see lawmakers turn more and more away from policy matters and toward financial items, specifically how to tackle the $1 billion deficit that remains for the current state budget cycle.MORE »
Wait begins for Pawlenty bonding bill vetoes
The Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate sent a $986 million state construction borrowing bill to Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday.MORE »
Once more on the bonding bill, with feeling
DFL lawmakers could send a slightly different version of a state construction borrowing bill Gov. Tim Pawlenty previously threatened to veto to his desk this week.MORE »
The rules say what we want them to say
Does anybody else see a comparison between the DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature's decision not to send its bonding bill to Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Democrat-controlled Congress' delays in passing health care reform in Washington D.C.?MORE »
Bonding Bill vote today?
A conference committee late Sunday night hammered out a (possible) final spreadsheet of projects the state would fund in its construction borrowing bill and could send that bill to a vote today.MORE »
Let the negotiations commence
If you have strong feelings about what should or should not be in this year's bonding bill (Ordway expansion, Orchestra Hall renovation, sex offender treatment facilities, etc.), now is the time to contact the people who will be responsible for writing the final bill.MORE »
Sex offender funding + House bonding bill = Veto-proof majority
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's biggest wish list item got added to a $1 billiion state construction borrowing bill the House of Representatives passed Monday evening with a veto-proof majority.MORE »
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