Special Section: Session Preview 2012
by Staff
Published: January 19, 2012
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Minnesota Legislature 2012: So what will they do for an encore?
by Steve Perry
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: 2012 legislative session, Amy Koch, Dave Senjem, Mark Dayton
As recently as a couple of months ago, it appeared that the 2012 session was likely to hold out more of the same. But then things started to turn upside down. And suddenly there is a lot more uncertainty about the shape of the session ahead.
2012 legislation: Miles to go before they campaign
by Charley Shaw
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: 2012 legislative session, Bill Ingebrigtsen, Carol McFarlane, Chris Niskanen, David Hann
As the Minnesota Legislature prepares to gavel in for 2012, legislators are already looking ahead to the once-in-a-decade electoral challenge posed by a new set of district maps and the presence of all 201 seats on the November ballot.
Business lobby hopes for better year in 2012
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: 2012 legislative session, Bill Blazar, Charlie Weaver, Duane Benson, Mark Dayton, Tim Pawlenty
Looking to the session ahead, groups like the chamber and the Minnesota Business Partnership plan to renew the push for their key 2011 measures and have added a few new priorities as well.
Legislators seek solution to sex offender dilemma
by Paul Demko
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: 2012 legislative session, Minnesota Sex Offender Program, Richard Frase, Tony Cornish, Warren Limmer
The systemic problems of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program are causing legislators to consider a significant overhaul of the state’s policies for dealing with sex offenders.
GOP eyes constitutional amendment on state spending in 2012
by Jake Grovum
Published: January 19, 2012
Tags: Benjamin Kruse, bonding bill, budget deficit, constitutional amendment, government shutdown, Julianne Ortman, Kurt Zellers, Mark Dayton, Michele Bachmann, Scott Walker, Steve Drazkowski
By most accounts, a constitutional amendment to make it harder to raise taxes was a key sweetener offered by House Republican leaders last summer in their efforts to entice the chamber’s most conservative members into voting for the budget deal that ended Minnesota’s historic government shutdown.
