The change in party control of the legislature will also bring a change in its committee structure. On November 16, the House and Senate Republican majority leadership unveiled their plan to "streamline" the House and Senate committees, including reducing the number of Senate committees from 25 to 16, and the number of House committees from 36 to 24.
During the 2011 legislative session, the City of Red Wing and Flaherty & Hood will continue an initiative launched in 2010 that aims to find a legislative solution to the city’s long-term nuclear waste storage.
The team at Flaherty & Hood has long recognized that a successful advocacy program requires more than just boots on the ground at the Capitol. It also requires a strong public relations and media program to help inform the public and shape the discussion.
Flaherty & Hood is excited to launch its redesigned website at www.flaherty-hood.com. The new site, designed by communications specialist Erin Flaherty, features a more dynamic display of Flaherty & Hood news and connects the dots between our attorneys and staff and their practice areas and recent accomplishments.
Flaherty & Hood senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons conducted a workshop on October 20 for the City of Austin’s supervisors and managers entitled "Handling Personnel Performance and Conduct and Performance Evaluations."
This summer, the Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Providers (MARP) successfully fended off potentially devastating rule changes through quick action, strong analytical and communication efforts, and teamwork.
Improving the state-local relationship sparked constructive debate amongst the candidates for governor and state auditor who joined the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) in Winona August 19.
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 new online tool produced for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities challenges users to bridge the state's $5.8 billion budget gap.
Chris Hood, attorney and shareholder with Flaherty & Hood, attended the Minnesota Association of City Attorneys Legislative Update on June 17.
Flaherty & Hood attorney Robert Scott attended the Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute Education Conference on May 24-25 in St. Paul.
J.D. Burton, attorney/lobbyist with Flaherty & Hood, was invited to participate in a series of working group meetings designed to craft selection criteria for highway interchange projects throughout the state.
Flaherty & Hood senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons successfully represented the City of Owatonna in a recent disciplinary grievance arbitration before the State of Minnesota, Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS) pursuant to the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA).
The City of Albert Lea has hired Flaherty & Hood to challenge Alliant Energy’s (also known as Interstate Power and Light) recently proposed 22 percent Minnesota electric rate increase.
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.