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Capitol Watch Newsletter--May 16, 2003 ( May 2003 )
As the Minnesota Legislature heads towards its final weekend, legislative leaders are meeting in intense negotiating sessions to reach a budget deal and avoid a special session. Whether they can is the big question mark at the State Capitol. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--March 24, 2003 ( March 2003 )
With the first committee deadline looming in two weeks, Senate and House committees will be meeting to process many bills this week. Last week, several controversial bills had hearings, including legislation to amend the state's Human Rights Act and to allow less discretion in the granting of gun permits. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--March 18, 2003 ( March 2003 )
There has been little talk the last two weeks at the State Capitol about the dominant issue of the 2003 legislative session: the state budget deficit. Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate have used their floor sessions and committee time to work on the dozens of policy initiatives which piled up when legislators focused earlier this session on the state budget. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--March 4, 2003 ( March 2003 )
More bad fiscal news hit the state last week when Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty released the "February Forecast." The forecast is a twice yearly analysis of the state's finances which reviews actual and forecasted tax collections and compares them to actual and contemplated expenditures. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--February 11, 2003 ( February 2003 )
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty made history last week when he used the gubernatorial authority of unallotment to cut state spending to erase the state's $356 million current-year budget deficit. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--January 27, 2003 ( January 2003 )
Today, the House of Representatives will pass its supplemental budget reduction bill for the 2003 fiscal year. The proposal joins a similar one adopted last Thursday by the Minnesota Senate. -
Capitol Watch Newsletter--January 17, 2003 ( January 2003 )
The 83rd session of the Minnesota Legislature began last week in low-key style. A new governor was installed and celebrated at his inaugural party and many new legislatures started their first official day in church at ecumenical services. Legislators may need a little help from above to deal with the states's massive budget deficit.
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