The library in the Kiehle Building is now the Roger D. Moe Library. Moe, who was born and raised in Crookston, was elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 1970 and served until January 2003.
The Heartland State Trail project and its supporters thought they were getting a boost from legislators early this past week, when the Minnesota Senate introduced a capital investment bill that includes $3.3 million for the planned trail extensio.
The politics of obstruction, Minnesota-style Like the much-debated U.S. Senate filibuster, Minnesota s requirement of a supermajority to pass bonding bills is under scrutiny, and should be. April 3, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
To the heap of arguments being amassed for torching the U.S. Senate s filibuster rule, permit me to add the Minnesota Legislature s checkered experience with bonding bills. Huh? you say. What do public works bills in St. Paul have to do with the U.S. Senate s rule that 60 votes are needed to end debate and proceed to a vote on a bill?
Please bear with me: Bonding bills at the State Capitol and just about any politically sensitive, non-money bill in the U.S. Senate have one de facto thing in common. They require a supermajority coincidentally, both 60% to become law.