Legislature
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Capitol Update for February 22, 2008
This week’s update from lobbyist John Tuma: “I wonder whether people are really grasping how wonderful Minnesota is.” –Former Governor Elmer L. Anderson, March 19, 2001 The 91-year-old former Governor of the…
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Capitol Update for February 15, 2008
This week’s update from lobbyist John Tuma: “Glorious News!! Minnesota a State!!! 100 guns fired at Winona: General Rejoicing.” Headlines in the Winona Times May 15, 1858* This year Minnesotans will celebrate…
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Undermining Public Confidence
Mining-related cancers hidden by the Department of Health for a year, the seemingly growing presence of 3M chemicals in drinking water and area fish, and another whistleblower lawsuit against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) create a troubling appearance of reoccurring patterns that our state must address.
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More on the MPCA whistleblower
The Star Tribune’s Dan Browning and Tom Meersman have dug deeper into the whisteblower lawsuit filed last week against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). It appears that the Department of Ag asked for an…
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Around the sphere
A few items to note recently from the blogosphere: Dave Dempsey pointed out an EPA report giving the health of the Great Lakes “mixed reviews”. Reportedly on the plus side, Lake Trout…
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While I Was Out
I skipped town for a little while - just getting back last night. So I'm a bit behind, but here are a few things that happened while I was away:
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2007 Legislative Successes
As Dave Dempsey has pointed out, there is much to be proud of from this legislative session. Most of these victories came with broad, bi-partisan support. Here's a brief summary of the outcomes with the collaborative Protect Minnesota's Great Outdoors package as well as some additional environmental victories from this session.
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Final day of the session
What do Gary Botzek (one of the coolist lobbyists in St. Paul), Al Franken, Mr. T and I all have in common? This year, our birthday falls on the official last day of the 2007 legislation session - today.
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Capitol Update for May 18, 2007
Four days left in session but a great deal is still happening. Here's the latest update from MEP lobbyist John Tuma.
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Governor Threatens Veto of Energy Bill
the Governor has sent a letter to the conference committee members of the Energy Omnibus bill (SF 145) that seems wholy incompatible with his past statements on the need to address global warming pollution.