Included in the jobs bill with the PACE program is an item proposed last year by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), a Flaherty & Hood client, in a bill intended to improve land use and planning.
On behalf of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), attorney/lobbyist J.D. Burton secured $8.5 million for the Greater Minnesota Business Development Public Infrastructure grant program, an economic development tool that helps outstate cities attract and retain local jobs by providing up to 50 percent of needed capital improvement costs.
As part of the U.S. Highway 14 Partnership’s efforts to fund the highway’s four-lane expansion between Rochester and Mankato, attorney/lobbyist J.D. Burton helped secure a letter written by the state Senate transportation committee to President Obama.
With cities examining their budgets line-by-line for efficiencies, the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ (CGMC) Labor and Employee Relations Committee will hold seminars May 27 in New Ulm and June 10 in Park Rapids to discuss practical solutions for reducing labor- and employee-related costs.
The recently enacted federal health care reform laws will have monetary, labor negotiation, and legal impacts on employers.
This February, Flaherty & Hood guided the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB) through the launch of its improved website.
Shareholder/Attorney Chris Hood attended the Minnesota Association of City Attorneys Education Conference in February.
Senior attorney Brandon Fitzsimmons attended the Public Sector Labor and Employment Law 2010 CLE in February.
Senior attorney Steve Nyhus serves on the advisory board of the Penny Program, named for former congressman Tim Penny and his late wife Barbara.