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Session Wrapup

tptadmin — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:24:55 -0500

Our Mary Lahammer gives a summary of the achievements of the just-ended legislative session.

REAL ID Is BACK

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:54:04 -0500

REAL ID is back. The Senate Finance Committee just added an opt-out for Minnesota into another bill. Sen. Mee Moua's bill had to do with executive branch whistleblower protection. Ironic that this new bill would send the executive branch a bit of a bomb. Conservatives were considering joining liberals on an override of the governor's veto of the transportation bill that contained a REAL ID opt-out. John McCain is the only major candidate (Democrat or Republican) to support REAL ID.
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The Legislative Week in Review

tptadmin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:21:27 -0500

Legislative Leaders met with the governor to talk budget ... and the proposed Northwest-Delta merger made waves too. Get the latest from Mary Lahammer.

Capitol Update - April 15, 2008

jolene — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:06:01 -0500

NWA Special Session?

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:47:29 -0500

The specter of special session to deal with the Northwest Airlines merger has already been raised this morning at the Capitol. In a conference committee dealing with the budget deficit, Senate Finance Chair Dick Cohen said since details of the merger won't emerge for weeks or months Gov. Pawlenty may need to "call us back into special session."
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Legislators React to Budget

tptadmin — Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:29:29 -0600

DFL Senator Dick Cohen and Republican Rep. Paul Kohls give us their take.