The homework assignment is for legislative leaders to go back to their caucuses and see what the level of support is. |
The job of the State Board of Investment is to focus on the returns for pensioners and retirees. The company's efforts to stop or limit additional options for certain executives is a good step. The rest of these allegations are being reviewed and we should let that process work. |
The primary problem is that the Senate bill does not build a stadium. The people of Minnesota should ask their Senators how this bill would get the job done. |
The review and reform of the Data Practices Act will be undertaken with the goal of protecting personally identifiable information about citizens. It will not change the access that journalists have to government records, such as information about public employees, arrest and conviction data, campaign contributions, professional board findings, etc. |
The Twins have said for some time they have needed to clarify their lease situation so this should come as no surprise. |
This is another example of Democrats playing politics with numbers. From our perspective, user fees are more appropriate than the $1.4 billion tax increase that the Democrats proposed. |
This is completely done in the open. The Legislature has been fully aware of and accepting of this arrangement. |
This litigation is completely without merit. The settlement bars future lawsuits, but it does not and cannot bar future legislation. |
We are glad to see Democrats recognize the need for tax relief. However, with a surplus on hand, we can eliminate the marriage penalty without raising taxes on anyone else. |
We are pleased that the group followed up on the governor's call for reform, and we feel that this proposal puts more trust back in the Environmental Trust Fund. |
We expect, of course, that legislators will have a wide variety of ideas of their own. |
We think that Minnesota is the kind of place that people will want to move to and work in. Defining marriage as between a man and a woman, we don't think, would necessarily have any real impact on the ability to attract people to a state that offers so much as Minnesota does. |
We trust that if this were an issue, Philip Morris or the attorney general or another party would have brought it to our attention during the very public debate in this legislative session. |
We're not trying to split anything up. They're not together right now. |