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Legislative notebook: Higher cigarette taxes on the table in Minnesota
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Minnesota legislators are considering raising cigarette taxes and the cost of little cigars by classifying them cigarettes, which are taxed at a higher rate than ciga...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 6:17 PM
Home Sweet Home: China in Minnesota
All of you who've read my posts are awesome. Thank you for following along. While I'm sad to see this journey end, I'm excited with anticipation because this was just my first try. I'll be writing man...
Posted on 10/27/12 at 11:31 AM
Watch those leaves zoom by
Fall colors are here and so are the inexplicably impatient drivers. The locals are willing, even eager, to pass in No Passing Zones all year round, but the behavior of the foliage lookie-loos is hard ...
Posted on 9/24/10 at 11:03 AM
Looking at Lake Superior State
Two weeks from Friday, Minnesota Duluth opens 2010-11 at Lake Superior State in a one-game trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on Oct. 8 (followed with a game the next night at Northern Michigan.) The M...
Posted on 9/24/10 at 9:39 AM
New visitor center celebration at Grand Portage State Park
A new visitor center at Grand Portage State Park will be celebrated on Sept. 25, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources news release. Maples should be near their peak of fall color ...
Posted on 9/16/10 at 12:49 PM
State park reservation line opens 8 a.m. Tuesday, most parks open already
DNR to campers: All but four Minnesota state parks are open, campsites and cabin reservations resume Tuesday morningBy Press release , July 25, 2011
Legislature to begin special session today
Governor Mark Dayton has signed a proclamation calling the Minnesota Legislature into a special session beginning at 3 p.m. this afternoon.By Press release , July 19, 2011
Guest commentary: Federal default dwarfs state budget fiasco
The state shutdown would seem like a mere inconvenience compared to a federal failure to meet debt obligations, which would be almost certain to toss the U.S. and global economies back on the brink of recession.By Guest opinion , July 14, 2011
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July 14, 2011
Gov. Dayton offers compromise solution with no tax increase
Click on the pdf to read Gov. Mark Dayton's July 14 letter to Minnesota legislative leaders.By Press release , July 14, 2011
As state shutdown continues, more people, companies feel the pain
By Jana Peterson , July 14, 2011
Judge to Minnesotans, loggers: ‘Flood’ lawmakers, governor with shutdown stories
Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin extended a court order to allow loggers to cut trees and move logs from state lands until she holds another hearing on the issue Monday, but she made it clear she is inclined to stop the operation.By Don Davis/State Capitol Bureau , July 14, 2011
Monitoring for radioactive materials from Japan continues in state
Health officials say amounts of iodine found in air well below levels of health concernBy Press release , April 05, 2011
Senate takes first step to plug budget gap
Minnesota senators voted to trim $830 million out of the next state budget and $125 million from the current one today in a first step to plugging a budget gap.By Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau , February 03, 2011
DNR to add 19 acres to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
The addition of the new land will bring the size of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park to 2,089 total acres. The property sits approximately 150 feet above Lake Superior along both sides of Highway 61 and is adjacent to a historic MnDOT wayside rest.By Press release , January 01, 2011
Rebels meet their match in state quarterfinal
ML-WR runs into their equal, falls 21-6 in state quarterfinals FridayBy Tyler Korby , November 13, 2010
Eskomos fall at state
By Tyler Korby , November 12, 2010
Pawlenty orders state to stay out of federal health plan
While the governor turned down $850,000 in sex-education money, he did accept other federal funds to teach sexual abstinence. The grant he rejected requires no state money, but the one for which he did apply would require a state matching contribution.By Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau , August 31, 2010
Dayton delays declaring victory
Mark Dayton held a 4,492-vote lead over Margaret Anderson Kelliher early today, but both rejected news media projections that Dayton won Tuesday's Democratic-Farmer-Laborite primary election.By Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau , August 11, 2010
FEMA officials begin assessment in Wadena
Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency were in Wadena, Minn., Tuesday to begin assessing tornado damage to homes and private businesses.By Amy Dalrymple , June 23, 2010
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