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Bemidji area’s issues on the table Wednesday at Capitol

BEMIDJI – When community leaders meet here early Wednesday morning to pack a bus headed for the Capitol, they’ll be treated to pastries from Raphael’s. By the end of the...

news / local Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 5:21pm

State senator renews push for Sunday liquor sales in MN

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Duluth lawmaker is pushing a bill that would legalize liquor sales on Sundays, even though he admits its chances are slim. Sen. Roger Reinert...

news / region Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 3:12pm

Legislative gun debate begins to overflow crowd

ST. PAUL - The two sides of Minnesota’s gun debate began laying out their arguments today during first of a series of legislative meetings. This morning’s packed House committee meeting,...

news / region Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 1:20pm

Minn. might name highway for slain police officer

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota police officer killed in the line of duty could soon be remembered with a stretch of highway named in his honor. A state...

news / region Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 9:21am

Bill advances to save Minnesota taxpayers’ money this year

ST. PAUL – As many as 192,000 Minnesotans would benefit if state legislators quickly pass a bill matching state tax law with federal law, the state House Taxes Committee chairwoman...

news Mon, Feb 04, 2013 - 11:19pm

Deputy veterans affairs commissioner visits with task force

BEMIDJI – There’s currently no commitment to build a veterans home here, but there could be a need for one. That was the assessment of Mike Gallucci, the deputy commissioner...

news / local Sat, Feb 02, 2013 - 4:19pm

Bill Batchelder, owner of Bemidji Woolen Mills, holds a Woolen Mills coat and Red Wing boots in the store Thursday. Under Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget proposal released last month, both items would be taxed because they cost more than $100. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Some local retailers push back on sales tax plan

BEMIDJI – The more Bill Batchelder reads about Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget proposal, the more he doesn’t like. That’s partly because a key piece of the tax plan laid out...

news / local Fri, Feb 01, 2013 - 12:14am

Franken introduces Mental Health in Schools Act

BEMIDJI – After Katie Johnson’s young son was able to access mental health care, their lives changed. Cameron, who has autism, ADHD and sensory disorders, can’t be in environments with...

news / education Fri, Feb 01, 2013 - 12:06am

A crowd waits for an elevator in a Minnesota Capitol tunnel. This space in the basement would be the first renovated under a $109 million proposal. on Davis | Forum News Service.

After 28 years, state Capitol renovation could begin this year

ST. PAUL – Minnesota officials started planning a state Capitol renovation project in 1984, and chances are improving that serious work could begin in 2013. But work would begin only...

news Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 11:52pm

After 28 years, Capitol renovation could begin this year

ST. PAUL – Minnesota officials started planning a state Capitol renovation project in 1984, and chances are improving that serious work could begin in 2013. But work would begin only...

news / region Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 2:34pm

Gov. Mark Dayton meets with Minnesota Farmers Union and FFA members Tuesday and promises to do whatever he can to help agriculture. Don Davis | Forum News Service

Concerns raised on Dayton tax plan

ST. PAUL – Republicans are ramping up their complaints about Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s tax plan. During legislative meetings Tuesday, they especially questioned the Dayton proposal to send a $500...

news Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 11:49pm

Chairwomen says ag will get fair shake

ST. PAUL – Patrick Lunemann is not convinced the agriculture industry will get a fair shake from a Minnesota House committee that decides farm program funding, even after farmers learned...

news Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 11:44pm

Sales tax plan would be boon to some Minnesota cities; Bemidji could be affected

By BRIAN BAKST, Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — About two dozen Minnesota cities — including Bemidji — and counties whose sales taxes piggyback on the state’s would see...

news Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 12:40am

Legislative Notebook: Bill would raise ‘little cigar’ tax

ST. PAUL – Some Minnesota legislators want to raise the tax on “little cigars,” saying the products cost less than cigarettes and they can be flavored as a way to...

news Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 12:18am

Minnesota lawmakers introduce legislation

Some of the first bills introduced into the Minnesota Legislature: -- Begins paying back money the state borrowed from school districts. -- Establishes mostly on line health insurance marketplace. --...

news Thu, Jan 10, 2013 - 11:31pm

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