Senate to hold hearing on MN daycare unionization Thursday, 6 PM Minnesota Senate leadership announced that they will hold a joint committee hearing this Thursday on the potential unionization of in-home daycare providers. Gov. Mark Dayton announced last week that he is considering issuing an executive order to hold an election where the state’s …
Archives for September 2011
Local Gov't Accountability Roundup: 9/20/11
BRAINERD: County Considers Eliminating Dysfunctional Human Rights Commission The Crow Wing County Human Rights Commission hasn’t been able to muster a quorum since June. The commission has been the subject of controversy for much longer. So the county board has voted to hold a public hearing on October 11th to gauge whether the public thinks the commission should be abolished once and …
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Controversial Energy Pricing Program Generates More Controversy
CenterPoint Energy has announced its support for the suspension of the controversial Inverted Block Rate natural gas pricing system for the utility’s 715,000 ratepayers. In a joint filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), several environmental groups defended the premise of the program of charging some customers more than others for the amount of energy they use. “The …
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