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Governor Dayton has line-item vetoed money in the Legacy Fund Bill that was meant to battle aquatic invasive species. Dayton ...
The Minnesota Legislature passed a Legacy Fund bill before adjourning their 2013 Session Monday night. House Legacy Committee...
After many hours of debate yesterday, the Minnesota House passed abill 68-66 allowing day care operators and personal care at...
Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
Sometimes politics make strange bedfellows. Republican State Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City is asking for Democrat ...
On the Legislative Review Show on KWLM last weekend, area lawmakers were asked what kind of legacy they think they will be le...
The Minnesota Senate passed the gay marriage bill Monday, and Governor Dayton says he'll sign it on the capital steps Tue...
Two years after the Minnesota Legislature put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot, a dramatict...
It appears the failure of a Legacy Bill in the legislature so far this session is due to an effort to get more funds for wild...
An area lawmaker says the Minnesota DFL is guilty of "bait and switch" when it comes to taxes. Republican Represent...
The Legacy Bill may be in trouble this session. The bill decides where approximately 600 milliion dollars raised by a voter-a...
As the ice begins to melt on the lakes this spring some may find the past winter was none too kind to the fish. Jeff Miller w...
Lawmakers are back on the job in St. Paul after having a week off for Easter/Passover break. While home, Representatives Dean...
The Minnesota Legislature is working on an anti-bullying bill. DFL Representative Mary Sawatzky says the bill would force ind...
In the 80s and 90s, Minnesota was a kind of mini-hollywood, with many movies filmed here because of a state tax credit, and t...
Local lawmakers say they won't vote for a gay marriage bill if it comes up on the House and Senate floors. At the KWLM Sp...
The state would use money from its Legacy Amendment fundto help finance major motion pictures, then share in the profits -- t...
Local lawmakers have differing views over raising Minnesota's minimum wage. A proposal to bring the minimum wage up to &#...
Minnesota school officials would like to be able to use health and safety funding they recieve from the state to beef up secu...
Local lawmakers say the most calls and emails they've received so far this session have been about Governor Dayton's ...
Governor Dayton signed a bill Tuesday extending Minnesota's medical assistance program to an additional 35-thousandlow-in...
On KWLM's Legislative Review last weekend State Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans said Governor Dayton's proposed budg...
Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City and DFL Representative Mary Sawatzky of Willmar may belong to different p...
Two area lawmakers want to make sure when the new Viking's Stadium is built, college and high school baseball players wil...
On Legislative Review this weekend, two area lawmakers said Governor Dayton's proposed budget is a starting point for leg...
Local lawmakers disagree on whether there should be seperate committees for agriculture policy and agriculture finance. Right...
As he prepares for the 2013 Legislative Session beginning in less than 4 weeks, Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grov...
Representative and Author Dean Urdahl of Grove City has weighed-in with his thoughts on the assassination of President Abraha...
Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature know it will be a much different political landscape when they return to St. Paul Ja...
Descendants of participants in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 last night seemed to agree on one thing...being angry about the pa...
Even though the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 was 150 years ago, the descendants of those who fought, died and survived are still a...
The last unmarked battlefield in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 now has a marker. State Representative and historian Dean Urdahl...
August 17th marks the date a group of Dakota hunters killed 5 settlers in Acton Township, near Litchfield, beginning the U.S....
8-16-12 Many events are taking place across the stateto commemorate the 150th anniversary, or susquicentenial, of the U.S. Da...
5-25-12 Governor Mark Dayton yesterday joined Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Representative Dean Urdahl and other members o...
5-22-12 Representative Dean Urdahl's vote for a Viking's stadium almost cost him his party's endorsement. The Gro...
5-8-12 Three local lawmakers split on their vote for the Vikings Stadium Bill last night. Representatives Dean Urdahl of Grov...
5-8-12 The Minnesota Senate is expected to take up the VikingsStadium bill today. The House approved stadium legislation last...
5-5-12 Governor Dayton has signed into law a game-and-fish billthat increases the cost of hunting and fishing licenses in Min...
5-5-12 Governor Dayton has signed into law a game-and-fish billthat increases the cost of hunting and fishing licenses in Min...
4-25-12 The whole Vikings stadium bill debate has left a sour taste in the mouths of two area lawmakers. Republican Represent...
4-20-12 A bill to borrow 220-million dollars for repairs andupgrades to the State Capitol building failed by one vote in the ...
4-18-12 Two area Republicans blame Democrats for defeating the Viking's Satadium Bill Monday evening. The billwas rejecte...
4-17-12 The chances of aVikings stadium bill passing this session are slim toalmost none after theHouse Government Operations...
4-6-12 House Legacy Fund Committee Chair Dean Urdahl of Grove City says the house passed the Legacy Bill on Thursday. The bil...
4-6-12 Representative Dean Urdahl ofGrove City is hoping the legislature approves funding for renovating and restoring the Mi...
4-3-12 The ressurection of the Viking's Stadium Bill likely dooms chances the Minnesota Legislature will be adjourning be...
4-2-12 The Minnesota Legislature will take their Easter and Passover break beginning Thursday. Some wonder if they will pass ...
3-29-12 This August marks the 150-year anniversary of the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. The month-long conflict led to the deaths ...
3-21-12 The House Legacy Committee next week will consider a bill that includes money to fight zebra mussels and help the Let...
3-14-12 The Minnesota State Lottery has set a sales record for the fourth-consecutive year.State Representative Dean Urdahl j...
3-5-12 Funeral Services for Senator Gary Kubly of Granite Falls take place Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Granite Falls Lutheran Chu...
2-16-12 Local lawmakers disagree over a bill that would prevent state-subsidized daycare providers from automatically suppori...
2-15-12 The chair of the House Legacy Fund Committee has re-iterated his opposition to using Legacy Funds to help pay for a V...
2-14-12 On KWLM's Legislative Review this past weekend, area lawmakers sparred over the rejection of former Senator Ellen...
2-13-12 A group of arts and outdoor officials have been touring the state, protesting any talk of using State Legacy Funds to...
2-8-12 The Minnesota Legislature might be finding money in the Legacy Fund to help fight aquatic invasive species like zebra ...
2-7-12 Counties across Minnesota have blamed property tax increases on last year's revocation of the Homestead Market Val...
2-7-12 Counties across Minnesota have blamed property tax increases on last year's revocation of the Homestead Market Val...
2-1-12 Local lawmakers have different ideas on where a new Vikings stadium should be located, and how to pay for it. Republic...
1-31-12 Republican Representative Dean Urdahl of Grove City says his "crusade" this session is to get funding to re...
1-28-12 Legislative Review made it's 2012 debut on KWLM Saturday morning. Topcis included Vikings stadium funding, the bo...
12-3-11 Opponents will be at the State Capitol this afternoon(noon-1pm) rallying against Governor's Dayton's order for a unio...
12-2-11 The chair of the House Legacy Fund Committee says the findings of alegislative auditor's reportare not surprising. Th...
11-24-11 State officials have launched a contest to find a logo that they plan to use for commemorating the 150th anniversary...
11-7-11 Preservation efforts for the Litchfield Opera House got a boost last week from the State Legacy Fund. House Legacy Fu...
11-2-11 The Chair of the House Legacy Committee says he is against using Legacy Funds for a Vikings stadium, but he also says...
7-25-11 Representative Bruce Vogel says the 16-bed Minnesota Psychiatric Services hospital in Willmar will remain open and pe...
7-22-11 The final Legislative Review Show of the 2011 Session takes place on KWLM today during the Open Mike Show. Senator Jo...
7-22-11 Legislation authored by Representative Dean Urdahl to help bring funding equity to a local nursing home has been sign...
7-1-11 With no special session called by Governor Dayton before the midnight deadline last night, Minnesota State Government ...
6-9-11 Representative Dean Urdahlhas completed his newest book. The Grove City Republican is a retired teacher from the New L...
6-6-11 The Minnesota DNR has signed an agreement to buy an additional 119 acres at the Greenleaf State Recreation Area site, ...
The state Senate has approved a proposed constitutionalamendment that would prohibit same-sex marriages in Minnesota. The Hou...
A $45,000 fee paid out of State Legacy Funds to noted science fiction author, artist and screenwriter Neil Gaiman for spe...
Local lawmakers disagree on if Governor Dayton should get involved in legislative budget bill negotiations. On KWLM's Legisla...
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Last Saturday was the our first Legislative Review Show of the 2012 session. In studio were Representatives Bruce Vogel, Dean...