Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Here's what you need to know to start the year off right.
New Minnesota Laws Effective Jan. 1, 2013 The following are some of the new laws that take effect Jan. 1, 2013. The asterisk following the bill number denotes the language that became law. Summaries of all laws passed by the 2012 Legislature are available online from nonpartisan House Public Information Services. BUSINESS Business solicitation restrictions clarified Licensed health care providers will be prohibited from using third parties to solicit business from those who have been in automobile accidents, unless they clearly provide their names and the clinics where they work. Sponsored by Rep. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka) and Sen. Paul Gazelka (R-Brainerd), the law will require this information to be disclosed to consumers. Violating the …
Monday, January 23, 2012
Holberg addressed job creation, stadium funding, the projected budget surplus and redistricting.
The Minnesota State Legislature reconvenes Jan. 24. To prepare for the upcoming session, Lakeville Patch gave Rep. Mary Liz Holberg (R-District 36A) a call to discuss job creation, the construction of a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, the state’s projected $876 million budget surplus and what Lakeville can expect from this redistricting year. Patch: What are some of the biggest issues that the Legislature is going to address in the coming months? Holberg: We’ll have to watch for the February forecast and look at where the state is fiscally. I don’t expect that they’ll be any additional money to spend, given that any additional revenues, by current law, will go to pay back the education shift. But if the forecast should take a turn …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The state representative expressed his opinions regarding the budget surplus and Vikings stadium.
The Minnesota State Legislature reconvenes Jan. 24. To prepare for the upcoming session, Patch gave Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-District 36B) a call to discuss the state’s $876 million budget surplus, the construction of a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings and expectation for the coming months. Patch: How do you think the surplus should be used? Garofalo: It’s no secret that the Republicans didn’t like the education shifts and we didn’t want to do it and now that the money’s there, this gives us the opportunity to pay it back. I would say filling up the budget reserves and paying back the shifts, and absolutely not using it to grow or expand government. Patch: For you, what are the biggest items on the agenda for this upcoming session, aside …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
State senator from District 36 addresses stadium funding, projected budget surplus, constitutional amendments and spending reforms.
The Minnesota State Legislature reconvenes Jan. 24. To prepare for the upcoming session, Patch called Sen. Dave Thompson (R-District 36) of Lakeville to discuss such subjects as the construction of a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, the state’s projected $876 million budget surplus and expectations for the coming months. Patch: Could you start out by telling me some of the big issues Minnesota residents can expect to see the Legislature addressing in the coming months? Thompson: I think everybody understands that a deal to do a Minnesota Vikings stadium certainly is going to be something that’s going to get a lot of attention from the public, as well as legislators and the media. And with that, gambling will undoubtedly become a part…
Darrell May
5:02 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
Employee Freedom/Right to Work should be labeled what it really is, which is Right to Work for Less. Stop playing word games. more ›