Governor Dayton will release his budget plan on Feb. 15. Come get a look at the details Feb. 18, at 1 p.m., from Abigail Read, Executive Budget Coordinator at Minnesota Management & Budget.
Posts Categorized: Funding for the Environment
Urge Congress to fund Great Lakes Restoration
It is critical that members hear from their constituents about the importance of funding the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Testimony from high schooler opposing bill on coal
“As a student of Stillwater Area High School and a member of Youth Environmental Activists of Minnesota, a metro-wide coalition of students concerned with environmental affairs, I am a daily witness to the passion and desire present in our generation to transform our already beautiful state into a more sustainably conscious home.
BUDGET BITES: First budget-cutting bill headed to House and Senate floors
[Editor’s note: In an effort to help inform our members about state budget issues, Minnesota Environmental Partnership is working with the Minnesota Budget Project to cross-post updates about the budget.]… Read more »
Landmark Great Lakes Restoration Bill Advances in U.S. Senate
Bill includes more than $650 million in restoration funds ANN ARBOR, MICH. (June 30) – A landmark Great Lakes restoration bill advanced in the U.S. Senate today. The Great Lakes… Read more »
February Daydreams of Summer Canoe Trips
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – February 26, 2010 “There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude,… Read more »
Has the Governor’s State of the State speech set the tone for a rancorous political session?
John Tuma’s Capitol Update “We, the people of the state of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty and desiring to perpetuate its blessings and secure the… Read more »
Off to a Good Start
John Tuma’s Capitol Update As the legislative session opens this week, legislators and Gov. Pawlenty have taken some positive early steps for the environment with the capital investments bill. Hopefully they… Read more »
Minnesota’s Dollars and Sense
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – the Pre-Session Version “This place is now feeling the pressure of hard times… they have not found bottom yet…they have recently voted to loan the… Read more »
Walking the walk
Kudos to President Obama and his administration for taking an important step toward fulfilling his campaign pledge to fund Great Lakes Restoration by including a $475 million down payment in… Read more »