No court in India can say that they are wanting the support of the Government of India, especially for infrastructure, the Law Minister said in the Rajya Sabha.
Minnesota Views: New legislative committee has impactful first year
District 28A State Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona
Despite being a new committee in the Minnesota House, the Industrial Education and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee navigated the unfamiliar waters of pandemic legislating successfully, delivering on the primary goals built around the committee’s inception - funding an industrial technology teacher licensure and certification program, investing in statewide broadband, and replenishing the state’s Disaster Assistance Contingency Account. As chair of the committee, I worked in a bipartisan manner with my colleagues to ensure these nonpartisan measures received the support they deserve.
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Assemblyman Andrew Goodell wants the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee to investigate how the state court system has operated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Goodell, R-Jamestown, voted against the Judiciary Budget earlier this week even though the budget was the same for 2021-22 as it was in 2020-21.
“However, I have been extraordinarily frustrated, as many of us have been, on the lack of activity the judiciary has had in the last year,” Goodell said. “As a legislative body we have the responsibility to maintain a review even on other branches of government. So I would urge the Judiciary Committee, when they’re done investigating the executive branch to take a look at the judiciary.”