Earlier today, the governor issued his line-item vetoes of the state’s bonding bill. $319 million in projects—mostly those deemed to have questionable statewide impact—were eliminated from the bill. The governor’s letter to legislative leaders detailing these reductions can be found here.
Funding for the Business Development Public Infrastructure (BDPI) grant survived the governor’s veto pen. The allocation amounts [...]
Governor line-item vetoes $319 million, BDPI funding survives
Updated bonding bill spreadsheet
The capital invesements conference committee released this spreadsheet with its final recommendations. The bill will likely reach a floor vote later today.
Posted February 22nd 2010 in Bonding
Updated Bonding Spreadsheet
Earlier today, legislative staff released an updated spreadsheet with a side-by-side comparison of the House, Senate, and governor’s recommendations for the bonding bill. Click here to view the spreadsheet.
Posted February 17th 2010 in Bonding
Updated Bonding Request Spreadsheet
The Capital Investment Committee released a revised bonding request spreadsheet the compares the House, Senate, and governor’s recommendations.
House, Senate release proposed bonding bills
Both the House and Senate released their bonding bills today, each totaling roughly $1 billion.
‘Enough is enough’: City officials set goals to recover LGA funding in 2010
Protecting and recovering local government aid (LGA) funding in the 2010 legislative session was chief among the discussions held at the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ (CGMC) fall conference. This year’s conference, hosted in Alexandria, Minn., brought together mayors and city officials from across the state to set the policies that will direct the Coalition’s legislative actions in the coming year.
Posted November 20th 2009 in Bonding, LGA, News, State budget
