http://faegrebdc.com/transportation en-us Copyright 2000-16 FaegreBD Consulting. All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 11/27/2016 11:32:20 AM In January 2017, Donald Trump will begin his term as the nation’s 45th President. Both bodies of Congress will also be under Republican control. Trump’s win brought Republican victories to Minnesota as well. The Minnesota House will remain in... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-update-2016-election-results 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00:000 On August 9, Minnesota held its 2016 primary elections, and November 8 is 2016 general election day. In addition to the presidential race, all eight of Minnesota’s congressional districts and all 201 seats in the Minnesota Senate and House of... http://faegrebdc.com/2016-primary-election-recap-and-general-election-preview 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00:000 Governor Mark Dayton has signed the Supplemental Appropriations Bill but has yet to decide whether to sign or veto the Omnibus Tax bill. This action means that only one of the four Minnesota legislative priorities from the 2016 session has become... http://faegrebdc.com/special-minnesota-session-update-06-01-2016 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00:000 This was the shortest Minnesota Legislative session in recent history, lasting a mere 77 days from March 8, 2016, to May 23, 2016. It produced a hectic pace which ended with mixed results. As lawmakers headed into the session, there were four... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-wrap-up-05-25-2016 25 May 2016 00:00:00:000 When the 2016 Minnesota Legislative Session was adjourned sine die at midnight on Sunday, May 22, legislators had sent a $259 million Omnibus Tax Bill and a $182 million Supplemental Appropriations Bill to Governor Mark Dayton. The other two major... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-24-2016 24 May 2016 00:00:00:000 Ten days remain before the last day of the Minnesota legislative session May 23, 2016. Governor Mark Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and House Speaker Kurt Daudt met twice in the past week to negotiate an agreement on budget targets for the... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-13-2016 13 May 2016 00:00:00:000 With just over two weeks of session remaining, the window for Minnesota legislators to pass a final transportation bill, tax bill, bonding bill and supplemental budget bill is closing quickly. Conference committee members were announced for several... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-06-2016 06 May 2016 00:00:00:000 The House and Senate focused on their funding bills this week, with each body considering their respective set of supplemental budget recommendations. Legislators spent late nights working through the bills and abundant amendments. The Senate also... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-4-29-2016 29 Apr 2016 00:00:00:000 Thursday, April 21 was the third bill deadline at the Legislature, by which date committees must act favorably upon all major appropriation and finance bills. During the week, committees in both the House and Senate met regarding their supplemental... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-4-22-2016 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00:000 This week, the Senate DFL majority released their budget targets, setting guidelines for committees to address the $900 million surplus. In their budget targets, $300 million will go toward tax relief. In addition, voluntary preschool, broadband... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-4-15-2016 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00:000 The second of three Minnesota legislative committee deadlines arrives tonight at midnight. By this second deadline, committees must act favorably upon a bill that met the first deadline in the other house, or the bill does not move forward. On April... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-08-2016 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00:000 The first of three Minnesota legislative committee deadlines arrives tonight at midnight. By the first deadline, a committee must act favorably upon a bill in its body of origin or the bill does not move forward. As a result, committees met... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-01-2016 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00:000 The Minnesota Legislature had a short week, with no official business on Friday due to their Easter recess. The legislature will return on Tuesday, March 29, at noon. This week, committees continued to hear budget details from state agencies... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-03-25-2016 25 Mar 2016 00:00:00:000 The Minnesota Legislature had a full schedule of committee hearings and floor sessions this week. Some hearings were already scheduled into the evening. Governor Mark Dayton released his supplemental budget recommendation, and legislators were... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-03-18-2016 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00:000 Bo Kemp, senior director for FaegreBD Consulting, has a vision for the revitalization of Gary, Indiana’s downtown business district. On March 2, Kemp, who serves as director of the city’s Economic Development Corp., highlighted core initiatives to... http://faegrebdc.com/culture-cuisine-and-chicago-transit-key-to-gary-revitalization-bo 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00:000 The second year of the 89th Session of the Minnesota Legislature began Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Only 10 weeks remain in the brief legislative session. This first week of session highlighted the significant partisan divide with House and Senate floor... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-03-11-2016 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00:000 The second year of the 89th Session of the Minnesota Legislature convenes on March 8, 2016. This year’s session is unusually late and will last an atypically short 11 weeks. The February Forecast released today projects a $900 million surplus, $300... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-update-2016-legislative-session-preview-02-26-2016 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00:000 Legislative activity is picking up in St. Paul as the 2016 Minnesota legislative session draws near. The Governor and legislative leaders created several working groups, each with members from the House and Senate, to consider several policy issues... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-update-2016-legislative-session-preview 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00:000 Minnesota's November budget and economic forecast was released on December 3, 2015, showing a projected $1.9 billion budget surplus for the remainder of the FY 2016-2017 biennium. This is $1 billion above the budget surplus projected at the end of... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesotas-projected-surplus-continues-to-grow 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00:000 After 10 years of budget deficits, the Minnesota Legislature convened in January to set the state’s biennial budget with a projected $1.9 billion surplus. This surplus spurred hope of an orderly session and predictions of tax relief, increased... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-update-2015-legislative-session-wrap-up 28 May 2015 00:00:00:000 During the final 10 days of the 2015 session, Governor Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Bakk and Speaker Daudt met frequently, attempting to reach a final agreement to end the session. Last week, the negotiators agreed to table two major pieces of... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-21-2015 21 May 2015 00:00:00:000 The focus at the Capitol this week for the Minnesota Legislature has been budget negotiations among Governor Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Bakk and Speaker Daudt. As of Friday morning, only two targets have been released — an increase in base... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-15-2015 15 May 2015 00:00:00:000 With the clock running out for the legislature in 2015, members are spending more time in each chamber. Majority leadership from each body has been working with the Governor to find middle ground between gaps in budget plans. House Floor Sessions ... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-08-2015 08 May 2015 00:00:00:000 With committee deadlines out of the way and the last day of the session approaching, the Minnesota House and Senate went to work this week passing omnibus bills on the floor and appointing conference committee members. Taxes The House passed its... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-05-01-2015 01 May 2015 00:00:00:000 All week, both chambers and their respective finance committees have been working toward tonight’s third deadline of the session, by which committees must act favorably on major appropriation bills. House The House chamber saw its first two... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-24-2015 24 Apr 2015 00:00:00:000 This week, as the Minnesota Legislature worked on finance bills, Governor Mark Dayton took the opportunity to comment on the House and Senate budget proposals. He criticized both plans for being too low in most regards. Senate and House committees... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-17-2015 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00:000 The legislature returned from a week off and started putting together omnibus finance bills, which must be out of committees by April 24. With just over a month left in the session, the pace of activity will continue to accelerate. State of the... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-10-2015 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00:000 With policy committee deadlines out of the way, Minnesota state legislators return this week to focus on passing finance bills, working in conference committees, and putting together a bonding bill. Both Speaker Daudt and Majority Leader Bakk have... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-04-07-2015 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00:000 Today marks the end of the second deadline week at the Capitol. Non-finance bills which have not been heard in all required House and Senate policy committees by midnight tonight may not be acted upon. The legislature will be on a holiday break... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-weekly-legislative-update-03-27-2015 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00:000 Today was the first of three committee deadlines during the legislative session. By midnight tonight, bills must be approved by policy committees in the House or Senate. Next Friday is the second deadline, and bills that met the first deadline must... http://faegrebdc.com/minnesota-legislative-update-03-20-2015 20 Mar 2015 00:00:00:000