Minnesota House of Representatives Session Weekly
SESSION WEEKLY A NONPARTISAN PUBLICATION MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES VOLUME 26, NUMBER 4 • JANUARY 30, 2009 ‘TOUGH DECISIONS’ T O RESOLVE BUDGE T BUDGE T ISSUE IS DÉJÀ VU FOR ONE MEMBER UNEMPLOYMEN T BENEFI T EX T ENSION NEW MEMBER PROFILES HF264 - HF410 SESSION WEEKLY Session Weekly is a nonpartisan publication of Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services. During the 2009-2010 Legislative Session, each issue reports House action between Thursdays of each week, lists bill introductions and provides other information. No fee. To subscribe, contact: Minnesota House of Representatives CON T EN T S Public Information Services 175 State Office Building 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. HIGHLIGHTS St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 Business • 5 Game & Fish • 7 Human Services • 9 651-296-2146 or 800-657-3550 or the Education • 5 Health • 7 Local Government • 9 Minnesota Relay service at 711 or 800-627-3529 (TTY) Employment • 6 Higher Education • 8 Taxes • 10 www.house.mn/hinfo/subscribesw.asp Environment • 6 Housing • 9 Notes • 10 Director Barry LaGrave Editor/Assistant Director Lee Ann Schutz BILL INTRODUCTIONS (HF264-HF410) • 17-20 Assistant Editor Mike Cook Art & Production Coordinator Paul Battaglia FEATURES Writers Kris Berggren, Nick Busse, Susan Hegarty, FIRST READING : Governor’s budget solution gets mixed reviews • 3-4 Sonja Hegman, Patty Ostberg AT ISSUE : Plugging the unemployment benefit gap • 11 Chief Photographer Tom Olmscheid AT ISSUE : Reflections of a previous budget problem • 12-13 Photographers PEO P LE : New member profiles • 14-16 Nicki Gordon, Andrew VonBank Staff Assistants RESOURCES : State and federal offices • 21-22 Christy Novak, Joan Bosard MINNESOTA INDEX : Employment or lack thereof • 24 Session Weekly (ISSN 1049-8176) is published weekly during the legislative session by Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services, 175 State Office Building, 100 Rev.
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