Environment REPLAY: Hearing On “Financial Assurance” Question For PolyMet Mining Proposal By The UpTake | February 11, 2014 REPLAY: A Minnesota House committee heard testimony Tuesday from environmental activists, mining advocates and other stakeholders on the controversial copper-nickel mining proposal for northern Minnesota that is being advanced by PolyMet Mining Corporation.
Education Skepticism Over Legacy Funds For School Arts By Michael McIntee | February 28, 2012 Funding school arts or covering up the loss of funding for schools? A heated debate over a possible change in Minnesota’s legacy amendment funding.
Economy/Jobs Replay – DFL Legislators Detail Barriers to Women in GOP Budget Proposals By Jacob Wheeler | March 29, 2011 Today at 10:45 a.m. in the Minnesota State Capitol, DFL legislators will discuss how the GOP agenda would negatively impact Minnesota women. They claim that Republicans have introduced budgets that create significant barriers for Minnesota women to succeed.
Environment MN House Environmental Committee Debates Wild Rice Protection By Jacob Wheeler | March 24, 2011 The Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources committee made several changes to the Omnibus Environment budget bill yesterday, including funding research into climate change in northern forests.
Environment First Test Of DFL Minority: GOP Nuclear Power Push By Cirien | January 11, 2011 A bill that could lead to building Minnesota’s first new nuclear power plant in decades got the approval from the House Committee on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources late this morning.
