Minn. House Approves Faster Environmental Permits
The Minnesota House of Representatives has approved a bill that aims to speed up environmental reviews and permits for businesses and sent it to Gov. Mark Dayton.
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The Minnesota House of Representatives has approved a bill that aims to speed up environmental reviews and permits for businesses and sent it to Gov. Mark Dayton.
Gov. Mark Dayton is withdrawing his call for a 3 percent surtax on top incomes and reducing proposed cuts to nursing homes in light of a smaller Minnesota deficit.
Protesters who spent the night in Wisconsin's Capitol vowed Monday to remain as long as necessary to speak out against Gov. Scott Walker's plan to end most collective bargaining rights and demonstrate against his budget.
A new economic forecast Monday will show whether Minnesota's $6.2 billion deficit has shrunk since late last year.
The occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in.
While the Wisconsin showdown was continuing at the capitol on Sunday evening, it's also moving to communities across the state.
The facts have been overshadowed by rhetoric at the Wisconsin Capitol, where protesters and politicians have been engaged in a tense standoff over the governor's proposal to strip most public employees of their collective-bargaining rights.
Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions.
Nearly two weeks since the first protest in Madison, Wis., union supporters, angry about the bill to end collective bargaining rights, continue to rally around the state.
Organizers of a rally in front of the state Capitol in St. Paul say they expect more than 1,000 Minnesotans, including teachers and other public sector workers, to show up in support of Wisconsin workers maintaining their collective bargaining rights.
Minnesotans joined in a pro-union rally Saturday in Hudson, Wis. Several dozen teachers who belong to Education Minnesota traveled to Hudson to show support for Wisconsin union workers trying to retain collective bargaining rights.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is traveling across southern Minnesota on Saturday, with stops in Rochester, Austin and Fairmont.
Gov. Mark Dayton and other democratic governors visited the White House today to meet with President Barack Obama about ways to create jobs and boost the economy.
Minnesota public workers already pay more for their pensions than public workers in Wisconsin.
Minnesota is getting a $1 million health care grant that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty spurned and new Gov. Mark Dayton sought.
