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...losing proposition. Another handful of special plate requests are before the Legislature this year. The House Transportation Committee heard Tuesday from backers of proposed plates to raise breast cancer awareness and research dollars, to recognize...
...this is one former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar added to a federal highway bill when he was chairman of the House transportation committee, according to County Engineer David Enblom.Once the funds became available, Enblom explained, the state...
...Employees and an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 private contractors.Rep. Mike Beard, R-Shakopee, the House Transportation Committee chair, said the state can't afford to lose precious road construction days in Minnesota's short warm...
...Administration, sounded like a beaten man when he called me Thursday evening. The usually biting chairman of the House Transportation Committee spoke with remorse about the standoff, which caused furloughs of 74,000 people, delays to airport-safety...
...issues has given him widespread respect from colleagues in both parties. Oberstar, the ranking member of the House Transportation Committee, played an important role in the "Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century" (TEA-21). This transportation...
...congressman's trek from Hackensack to Baxter. An avid bicyclist, Oberstar is also the ranking member of the House Transportation Committee. The agenda for the bike ride is: 8:30 a.m. -- Meet in Hackensack at Deb's Trailside Deli. Rolls...
...Administration for an increase in delays. ''The FAA's system is broken,'' said the report made public by the House Transportation Committee. ''If it is not fixed, the resulting delays will virtually eliminate the dependability of airline schedules...
...2010. You can bet that our congressman, Mr. Oberstar, who just happens to be the ranking member of the House Transportation Committee, will be there to take credit for this tax and spend fiasco. I wonder what I could do with 670 million dollars...
...governor's voice changes any votes at all." Opponents have powerful allies. Rep. Tom Workman, who heads the House Transportation Committee, considers it another encroachment on personal freedom by the "jackboot of government." Upgrading the...
...sent the bill to the Civil Law Committee for further consideration. The license-plate bill cleared the House Transportation Committee on a divided voice vote and now heads to a finance panel. Action on both fronts was heated -- at one point...