FFM's latest piece on the bonding bill was featured in MinnPost. Read the entire piece here. …
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Archives for December 2010
Patrick McIlheran: On, Wisconsin (but just not via high-speed rail)
FFM was featured in Patrick McIlheran's piece on the high-speed rail connection between Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Said Jonathan Blake, "There is no great groundswell of support in Minnesota for high-speed rail." Patrick McIlheran: On, Wisconsin (but just not via high-speed rail) In rejecting outgoing Gov. Jim Doyle's train to Madison, we're told, Wisconsin has not just thrown …
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Minnesota Congressional Delegation Doubles Down on Earmark Extravaganza with 101 Projects
MINNEAPOLIS, MN--This lame duck session will be the last for outgoing 18-term Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN). But old habits die hard, including requesting tens of millions of dollars in earmarks in the omnibus appropriations bill before Congress. Oberstar leads the Minnesota House delegation in the appropriations process that’s come to be called pork barrel spending, attaching his name to 29 …