County Board approves 2016 budget with 0 percent levy increase
The St. Louis County Board has approved its 2016 budget in the amount of $358,733,410. Of most significance to tax payers is the fact that it includes no change in the levy, which will translate into a...
View ArticleGovernor Mark Dayton Announces $220 Million Plan to Modernize Minnesota’s...
Governor’s Jobs Bill will include $167 million to improve water quality and ease water and sewer bills for Minnesotans living in communities that need costly improvements. Plan would provide an...
View ArticleRegistration Now Open for Governor’s Water Summit
Registration is now open for the Governor’s Water Summit, which will take place on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The summit will focus public attention on the serious challenges facing Minnesota’s water...
View ArticleGovernor’s Jobs Bill Would Create Over 39,000 Minnesota Jobs
Governor Mark Dayton today introduced a Jobs Bill that would invest $1.4 billion in infrastructure projects statewide, creating an estimated 39,900 Minnesota jobs*. This new Jobs Bill would help...
View ArticleKLOBUCHAR WELCOMES HOME NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY ADOPTED FROM THE DEMOCRATIC...
Senator Amy Klobuchar is welcoming home Mardoche, a nine-year-old boy adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by a Rochester family who finally came home to Minnesota over the weekend....
View ArticleStatement from Governor Dayton on Water Quality Buffer Law
“After meeting yesterday afternoon with House Republican leaders, I have, with great reluctance, instructed the Department of Natural Resources to stop its mapping of so-called ‘private ditches’ under...
View ArticleIn Senate Speech, Sen. Franken Presses Passage of His Amendment to Establish...
In a speech delivered today on the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), a member of the Senate Energy Committee, urged his colleagues to back his measure to adopt a national energy efficiency...
View ArticleNolan Applauds House Passage of Coast Guard Reauthorization
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan applauded today’s voice vote on the House floor to send the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, as amended by the Senate, to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The bill...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Franken, Peterson, Walz Urge Administration to Provide Crucial...
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, along with Representatives Collin Peterson and Tim Walz, today urged the Administration to provide crucial funding for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water...
View ArticleMinnesota DNR to host listening session about Lake Michigan water diversion...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will host an open house and listening session about a Waukesha, Wisconsin, proposal to divert water from Lake Michigan. The proposed diversion would be...
View ArticleBUILDING ON KLOBUCHAR’S EFFORTS, WALGREENS WILL OFFER DISPOSAL KIOSKS TO HELP...
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced today that Walgreens will be installing safe medication disposal kiosks in their stores to help families get rid of unused prescription drugs. Klobuchar passed...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Ask Internal Revenue Service to Improve Access to Housing
Earlier today, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), and 12 other House Democrats sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking the agency to clarify the tax form used by...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Franken, and Peterson Announce $7.6 Million to Support Marsh Lake...
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, along with Representative Collin Peterson, today announced a $7.6 million investment to support the Marsh Lake Restoration Project. In December, the...
View ArticlePublic meeting to discuss early plans for downtown Hennepin Avenue...
The City of Minneapolis is beginning to plan the reconstruction of Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis in 2020. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the scope of the project and the early planning work will be...
View ArticleStatement from Governor Dayton on the Clean Power Plan
“While the Court’s temporary stay is disappointing, it does nothing to diminish our resolve in Minnesota to keep moving forward on clean energy initiatives, including the development of our state’s...
View ArticleLittle Rock Creek area groundwater meeting ahead
The public is invited to attend the first meeting of the Little Rock Creek Sustainable Groundwater Use Planning Project Advisory Team, Wednesday, March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Rice City Hall.
View ArticleWalz Visits School Sisters of Notre Dame Solar Farm
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) toured the School Sisters of Notre Dame solar farm located atop Good Counsel Hill and discussed how important investing in renewable energy is to meeting America’s energy...
View ArticleGovernor Dayton to Convene Water Summit this Saturday
Governor Mark Dayton will host the first-ever Governor’s Water Summit at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront, to focus public attention on the serious challenges facing Minnesota’s water...
View ArticleNotice of Appointments by Governor Dayton
Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointments to the Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice, the Housing Finance Agency, the State Rehabilitation Council, and the Statewide Independent...
View ArticleEmmer Introduces Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act
Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) introduced the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act which will help American families by providing regulatory relief for roughly 3,400 small banks and credit unions.
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