Bonding bill: Will jobs push harm enviro funding?
Legislative leaders have signaled recently that job growth will be the central goal of the bonding bill in the 2010 legislative session. Those sentiments portend good things for remodeling buildings on...
View ArticleMN conservation advocacy group docks legislators for 2009 votes
The Conservation Minnesota Advocacy group downgraded dozens of legislators in its 2009 legislative scorecard released Monday.
View ArticleLegislators tumble on enviro scorecard
Several state legislators with impeccable voting records on environmental issues were knocked down a peg in a conservation advocacy group’s annual legislative scorecard released Monday.
View ArticleControversy brews over environmental bills
Amid the flurry of big-ticket budget bills and spreadsheets that have overtaken the Capitol in the past week, the comparatively puny environmental budget bills moving through the Legislature have...
View ArticleConservation group to release Legacy report
The advocacy group Conservation Minnesota next week will release a detailed accounting of state lawmakers' track record on Legacy spending. In it the group raises concerns that lawmakers are using...
View ArticleLegacy outdoors bill moves ahead
The fourth round of constitutionally dedicated funding for outdoors projects is under way at the state Capitol.
View ArticleAmendment groups sit on cash, bide their time
Despite the continuing legal drama surrounding the two constitutional amendments headed for this fall’s ballot, the groups formed to support or defeat the amendments to outlaw gay marriage and mandate...
View ArticleEnviro groups kick off sulfide mining campaign
A coalition of environmental groups has announced it plans to spend more than a quarter of a million dollars this summer on a public awareness campaign centered on proposed sulfide mines in northern...
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