transportation
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Legislature should fix Minnesota’s transportation quagmire
For most Minnesotans, getting around during the past few weeks has been, to put it mildly, a mess. This winter has featured rapid swings in temperature and frequent storms around the freezing point - the ingredients for thick snow and thin, dangerous layers of ice. It’s evident that climate change has played a role, allowing cold air…
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Legislative Session Wrap-Up: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned ahead of its constitutional deadline, and now as happened last year, everyone needs to sort out what just happened. A Supplemental Appropriations Bill was passed to the Governor,…
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Legislative Session brings progress, disappointments for Minnesota’s Great Outdoors
May 23, 2016 (Saint Paul, Minn) — As the 2016 Legislative Session adjourned late Sunday night, it’s clear that the outcomes of this Session will be marked by some steps forward, but…
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Legislature misses the mark on environmental issues; advocates urge Governor to stand his ground
May 18, 2015, St. Paul, Minn – As the Minnesota Legislature prepares to adjourn later today, it’s clear that the outcomes of this Session will be marked by steps backward and missed…
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2012’s Environmental Gains and Losses
By Steve Morse, executive director of MEP Now that the 2012 Legislative session has ended and the commotion about the stadium has somewhat subsided, let’s look back at what our elected leaders…