Beyond the Bill: Legacy funding's complicated road to the House Floor

By Staff, Session Daily

With less than two weeks left, the Minnesota House of Representatives is putting in long hours to get bills passed off the House floor. But, at least one bill, expected to be taken up early in session, has remained noticeably missing from House floor action. That could change on Friday, however, when the omnibus legacy finance bill is scheduled for consideration by the full House.

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Land swap causes stir, as House moves omnibus lands bill

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Daily

Rep. Roger Erickson describes provisions of his bill, HF740, relating to state lands May 7. (Photo by Paul Battaglia)

A proposed land swap in northern Minnesota gave some lawmakers pause, but not enough to stop the House from passing the omnibus lands bill by a vote of 113-17 Tuesday.

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House green lights new solar energy standard

By Jonathan Avise, Session Daily

Rep. Melissa Hortman presents the omnibus energy bill on the House floor May 7. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)

Lawmakers moved the state toward a set of stepped-up renewable energy standards on Tuesday after the House passed an omnibus energy policy bill 70-63 following a contentious six-hour debate.

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ST. PAUL NOTES | #Cleanup campaign kicks off with arrival of real spring

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Earth Day was kind of a bust, with snow canceling all of the scheduled clean-up activities in both cities, but St. Paul is cleaning up now.

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How farmworker wage theft bankrupts our rural communities

By Brian DeVore, Loon Commons

A few years ago LSP organizer Doug Nopar was told of a southeast Minnesota farm operation that was withholding wages from a worker after he had accidentally damaged a door with a skid steer loader. Nopar called the farm owner and let him know this action was quite illegal. The farmer’s response?

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Women, Food and Agriculture Network: 3000+ women pushing for sustainable ag, real food

By Sylvia Burgos, From the Bronx to the Barn

The Women, Food & Agriculture Network- 3,000+ women from across the U.S. and several countries overseas. I think of them as the tip of the iceberg, the front edge of a powerful wave, the giant awakened.

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Key differences remain in omnibus environment, ag bill

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Daily

While recognizing their agreement overall, conferees negotiating a final version of the omnibus environment, natural resources and agriculture bill have spent their first two meetings examining the differences they must bridge.

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Young mom's "real food" challenge, why she quit after 41 days, lessons

By Sylvia Burgos, From the Bronx to the Barn

JC Konecny's no quitter, yet this young mother jumped off the lucrative career track to devote her time and talents to raising her two little girls. The mind and wit behind the What Housewife blog, JC journals her experience into full-time homemaking.

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Land of 10,000 lakes — and not enough water

By Mary Turck, News Day

Think the end of the drought means no water problems? Think again. In lots of places, we are over-using groundwater, and the situation is getting worse by the year, if not by the month.

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