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A positive vote on the gay marriage bill in the Minnesota House Thursday has not changed a Winona area lawmaker's opinion...
Next up for the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota is a scheduled final vote in the state Senate. The Senate vote is ...
Next up for the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota is a scheduled final vote in the state Senate.The Senate vote is s...
Winona will be well represented on the on the House and Senate Higher Education conference committee. In addition to House De...
Lawmakers are making preparations to begin a conference committee on the House and Senate Higher Education Bills.House author...
Former longtime Winona teacher and State Representative Gene Pelowski is weighing in on the election last week of a new presi...
Starkly different views were voiced Wednesday as the Minnesota House approved its omnibus tax bill which would raise taxes mo...
College and university administrators in Minnesota will see an end to their pay bonuses if a higher education bill is approve...
The Minnesota House has passed its education finance bill that funds all-day kindergarten statewide.The House education budge...
The Senate has passed its higher education budget, a $2.8 billion package that aims to hold down tuition and make public ...
Minnesota House Democrats want to trim the state's contribution to a Mayo Clinic expansion proposal in Rochester by about...
A higher education bill calling for a tuition freeze and more accountability for how education funding is spent by the Univer...
Winona Representative Gene Pelowski Monday unveiled the House omnibus higher education bill saying funding will directly bene...
Winona Democrat Gene Pelowski on Monday unveiled the House omnibus higher education bill.During a press conference at the sta...
A plan by Winona State University to revamp its curriculum for teacher education got a nod from Governor Mark Dayton this wee...
The University of Minnesota's $2,500,000 buyout of ex-basketball coach Tubby Smith has Winona Representative Gene Pel...
The University of Minnesota's $2.5 million buyout of ex-basketball coach Tubby Smith has Winona Representative Gene P...
A break began Monday for Minnesota's House and Senate.The state Legislature typically takes the week off leading up to Ea...
Minnesota House Democrats are seeking to impose a tax surcharge on the top one percent of earners to pay down the state's...
Two local lawmakers from opposite parties appear to agree that the budget should come first before social issues.Democrats in...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton hasn't decided whether to keep a proposed sales tax expansion intact but says he expects to an...
The Minnesota House has passed a bill establishing Minnesota's health insurance exchange, with its sponsor calling it the...
The Minnesota House has passed a bill establishing Minnesota's health insurance exchange, with its sponsor calling it the...
Representative Gene Pelowski is predicting state lawmakers will hear two revenue forecasts Thursday.Pelowski told Winona Radi...
A highly anticipated bill that would make same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota has been announced at the state Capitol.Legisl...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he had a one hour meeting with Governor Mark Dayton Tuesday and the two talked about ...
Representatives of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system go before the House Higher Education Finance and Poli...
Winona Representative Gene Pelowski says DFL-proposed changes to the rules for debates on the House floor are not meant to st...
A Wisconsin legislator is using Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal to try to lure business across the state border.Republ...
Representative Gene Pelowski says he still has a lot of questions after University of Minnesota officials appeared before Pel...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he wants to get a good picture of past higher education funding and its impacts on hi...
Local residents are being asked to have some patience when it comes to Governor Mark Dayton's proposed budget released Tu...
State Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona says his House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee will begin hearings...
The Minnesota State Lottery contributed a record $124,000,000 to state programs last year, including almost $1,000,00...
The State of Minnesota could be left holding the bag if electronic pulls tabs in the state's bars do not produce enough f...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system ...
House Republicans are calling for the House Agriculture Finance Committee to be brought back and a move to shift the Ag Polic...
One of the first bills to be introduced in the Minnesota legislature now that the session is underway will be a measure to pa...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says Tuesday may have been the first day of the legislature but he has been kept busy with...
Representative Gene Pelowski say lawmakers will be hard-pressed to meet the 2013 funding requests of the University of Minnes...
Representative Gene Pelowski say lawmakers will be hard-pressed to meet the 2013 funding requests of the University of Minnes...
State Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona has been chosen to head one of the legislature's more important committees s...
The 50th session of Model Legislature convenes Thursday and Fridayt at the WSU Tau Center giving students the opportunity to ...
Representatives Gene Pelowsk (D-Winona), Greg Davids (R-Preston) and Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) were all headed back to St....
Veteran DFL lawmaker Gene Pelowski is asking voters to return him to the Minnesota House of Representatives for a 14th term w...
Winona Radio has begun a series of interviews with local candidates running in the November 6th general election.The 10 minut...
The Lewiston Chamber of Commerce and Civic Group had a chance to hear from Republican newcomer Adam Pace of Winona who is cha...
The Lewiston Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Group will hold another candidate forum on Wednesday, September 19th at noon ...
Local lawmakers say it took a bipartisan effort to fashion the $167 million flood relief bill during Friday's special...
Local and area lawmakers are reacting to the decision by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to recommend the construc...
The Lewiston Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Group will be hosting two candidates running for the state legislature next w...
A Winona teacher and military veteran has received a $13,600 donation from the National Education Association's natio...
State Representative Greg Davids of Preston is one of only two Republican Minnesota lawmakers endorsed for the November elect...
Republican incumbent State Representative Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa has filed for re-election in the new House District 21-...
Two legislators representing the Winona area have filed for re-election Tuesday.Democratic State Representative Gene Pelowski...
Two legislators representing the Winona area have filed for re-election Tuesday.Democratic State Representative Gene Pelowski...
Two legislators representing the Winona area have filed for re-election Tuesday.Democratic State Representative Gene Pelowski...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says the construction of a new Minnesota Vikings stadium would not only bring thousands of...
With the selection of a new Winona State University president in the hands of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities c...
The Minnesota House has approved a tax bill that has become a linchpin in end-of-session negotiations. The House passed the b...
Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard soldiers are settling back into civilian life after returning to the state in the past f...
Governor Mark Dayton is urging Minnesota residents to call their lobby their lawmakers to get them to pass a Vikings Stadium ...
An final Omnibus Higher Education bill is on its way to Governor Mark Dayton after a conference committee was approved Friday...
Democrats in Winona, Houston, and Fillmore counties will meet in Rushford Sunday to endorse candidates for the Minnesota Sena...
A conference committee in the state legislature is considering a bill that would require high school students to use digital ...
Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona has been appointed to a conference committee on a bill that would call for teachers an...
Minnesota's tax revenues are running a little ahead of forecast levels. An update Tuesday from Minnesota Management and B...
A bill that would make it much more difficult for local governments to establish moratoriums on landuses has returned at the ...
Final candidates for the position of Winona State University president will be on the WSU campus in the next two weeks. The M...
Minnesota lawmakers are joining a sudden move to block employers from asking applicants for their passwords to social network...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he will seek another term in the Minnesota House in the fall. While not making a form...
The Minnesota House has passed a Republican-sponsored bill to reduce and ultimately eliminate state property taxes on busines...
The Chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has told two Winona lawmakers that local concerns over...
A proposal to make Minnesota voters show a photo ID at the polls is now halfway to a spot on the November ballot. The full Mi...
Local lawmakers are reacting differently about a so-called anti-moratorium bill that was pulled from consideration in the Hou...
With new University of Minnesota President Kevin Kaler promising a review of huge bonuses and buyout paid to university offic...
The issue of establishing a health insurance exchange in Minnesota under President Obama's federal health care bill, cont...
A slight change in his legislative district will not alter Winona Representative Gene Pelowski's plans to seek re-electio...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says it's too early to tell what the impact has been on Winona State University from t...
Winona Representative Gene Pelowski is calling on the state legislature to focus its efforts this session on the need to chan...
Winona Representative Gene Pelowski told a House Higher Education Committee meeting Tuesday any bonding bill passed this legi...
You won't see very much getting done at the state capital in St. Paul over the next week. Lawmakers will be taking a six ...
With the start of the 2012 Minnesota State legislative session next week comes the return of Winona Radio's weekly interviews...
Many of the business people on hand for Governor Mark Dayton's roundtable on jobs at Southeast Tech on Tuesday said that stat...
Democratic Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona says there should have been more public input before lawmakers approved the...
Local lawmakers are reacting to the settlement at the state capital Thursday saying that they hope it will bring to an end th...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says Governor Mark Dayton will be in Winona Wednesday as part of the governor's tour this ...
Members of the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce will get a chance to meet with two Minnesota state legislators on Friday. The ...
Lawmakers are reacting to the end of the regular legislative session last night without reaching an agreement on the state bu...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he has seen some hopeful signs that Republican lawmakers and the Democratic Governor ...
Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona says he has some issues with the redistrcting map being proposed by Minnesota House Re...
Republican lawmakers in the Minnesota House are proposing some changes in the House and Senate districts in southeastern Minn...
The looming budget deficit fight at the state capitol might just come down to what the public will accept. That's the word fr...
There is a move at the state capitol to establish legislation that would allow the State to prosecute 10-year-olds in adult c...
The battle lines are forming at the state capitol after the Minnesota House Wednesday approved a budget reduction bill, a fir...
A state House committee has given the first stamp of approval to a Republican proposal that would require all Minnesotans to ...
A $900 million package of state budget cuts could be headed to Democratic Governor Mark Dayton by week's end. Dayton has crit...
A $155 million proposal to renovate the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis stands little chance of getting any help from s...
Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature are moving ahead on a long-held election law goal with a proposal requiring voters t...
The Minnesota Senate Education Committee has approved a proposal for a statewide pay freeze for school employees on a 9-7 vot...
Republicans at the state capitol say they are putting their initial one billion dollar budget cutting proposal on the fast tr...
Local higher education institutions are bracing for some substantial cuts in state funding as the legislature begins to addre...
With redistricting in the works at the state capital this legislative session, Winona Representative Gene Pelowski says it's ...
