Action Team

By Judy Erickson, government relations director

Thursday, Feb. 4 marked the first day of the 2010 Legislative Session and already Parks & Trails has scored big.

By Judy Erickson, Government Relations Director

The 2010 Legislative Session officially begins February 4, and the constitutional deadline for adjournment is May 17. While legislators will want to do the major work of the session quickly, the projected budget deficit complicates things just a bit.

By Judy Erickson, government relations director

A tentative but crucial agreement between Minnesota state officials and U.S. Steel was reached in January, reviving hope that the newest state park at Lake Vermilion will soon become a reality. Plans for the park had stalled a little more than a year after the 2008 Legislature appropriated $20 million for land acquisition and preliminary development of the park.