The media & communications and lobbying teams for Flaherty & Hood, P.A. helped coordinate media efforts this week to bring attention to the need for more state funding to address
The annual fall conference of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), which was led by Flaherty & Hood’s legislative team, saw record attendance this year. More than 115 elected
The legislative team at Flaherty & Hood coordinated and staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) "Legislative Action Day" on Feb. 1. The CGMC's annual lobbying event was a
Flaherty & Hood’s legislative team staffed the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ Fall Conference Nov. 17 at Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center in Alexandria. Despite a blizzard forecast (which led
Flaherty & Hood, P.A. is pleased to welcome Dan Marx as the newest member of its legal team. As an associate attorney, Marx focuses his practice on helping communities throughout
Flaherty & Hood Senior Attorney Steven Nyhus presented a session on Clean Water Act point source regulation at the 11th Annual Minnesota Environmental Institute, sponsored by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
Flaherty & Hood attorney Steve Nyhus gave a presentation at the 10th Annual Minnesota Environmental Institute, hosted by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education in Minneapolis, on April 17. The Institute is
On behalf of the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB), Flaherty & Hood attorney Steve Nyhus, in coordination with John Hall of Hall & Associates in Washington, D.C.,
Steve Nyhus and Elizabeth Wefel assisted in hosting the 2012 Fall Meeting of the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB) in Fergus Falls.
For decades, the MPCA has had a water quality standard of less than 10 parts per million for sulfate released into waters where wild rice grows. The standard has rarely been enforced and few studies have been conducted to determine whether or not this standard is appropriate.
Phosphorus standards recently adopted in Wisconsin may result in significantly more restrictive and expensive compliance requirements for Minnesota municipalities and agricultural interests.
The Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB) held its 2010 fall meeting in Melrose. Flaherty & Hood attorneys Steve Nyhus and J.D. Burton provided staffing assistance and a legal activities report to the group.
The federal Clean Water Act requires states to identify lakes and streams that do not meet state water quality standards ("impaired waters") and develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plans to clean them up.
The Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District (ALASD), a regional sanitary sewer district, is working with Flaherty & Hood to create a public outreach campaign.
The Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB), a joint powers board dedicated to ensuring wastewater treatment regulations are reasonable and based on sound science, held its annual meeting in St. Cloud on May 20.
A jobs bill (H.F. 2695) recently enacted by the Minnesota legislature and signed by the governor offers cities and other local governments a unique opportunity to help citizens make their homes and businesses more energy efficient, and at the same time, encourage small scale renewable energy.