ALASD outreach campaign gets boost from Flaherty & Hood
The Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District (ALASD), a regional sanitary sewer district, is working with Flaherty & Hood to create a public outreach campaign.
MESERB board lays out plan for 2010-2011 fiscal year
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.
Website gives users the tools to balance state’s budget
A new online tool produced for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities challenges users to bridge the state's $5.8 billion budget gap.
Hood attends city attorneys legislative update
Chris Hood, attorney and shareholder with Flaherty & Hood, attended the Minnesota Association of City Attorneys Legislative Update on June 17.
Scott attends legal conference
Flaherty & Hood attorney Robert Scott attended the Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute Education Conference on May 24-25 in St. Paul.
Burton to participate in transportation working group
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 wins bargaining grievance arbitration for city
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).
City of Albert Lea challenging exorbitant electric rate hikes
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.
PACE loan program equips cities with tools to finance clean energy improvements
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.
Persistence, creativity pay off in jobs bill for CGMC land use provision
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.
In difficult bonding bill year, Flaherty & Hood successfully advances client projects
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.
MN Senate to President Obama: Federal government must act on Highway 14 funding
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.
Labor and employee relations seminars to address cost-saving measures
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.
Health care reform to impact employers
The recently enacted federal health care reform laws will have monetary, labor negotiation, and legal impacts on employers.
Website redesign boosts MESERB’s online presences
This February, Flaherty & Hood guided the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board (MESERB) through the launch of its improved website.
Hood attends city attorneys education conference
Shareholder/Attorney Chris Hood attended the Minnesota Association of City Attorneys Education Conference in February.