Legislative Briefing:
Session Wrap Up and Looking Ahead
July 1, 2003
View Event Agenda

Budget Overview
Nan Madden, Minnesota Budget Project
Handout: Graph of 2004-05 General Fund Spending
Handout: Most Areas of State's Budget Cut Significantly From 2002-03 Levels
Christina Macklin, Minnesota Budget Project
Handout: Impact of the Final FY 2004-05 Budget Spreadsheet

What are the Impacts of the 2003 Legislative Session?  What does it mean?  What's next?

• Arts - Brian Halloran, Representing Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
  Resource: View MCA's Session Wrap Up Arts Alert
• Energy - Brian Elliot, Clean Water Action Alliance
  Handout: Energy Legislative Summary
• Environment - Ron Kroese, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
  Resource: MCEA 2003 Legislative Session Wrap Up
• Child Care & Early Childhood - Ann Kaner-Roth, Child Care Works
  Handout: 2003 Legislature Child Care Changes Summary
• Housing - Rachel Callanan, Minnesota Housing Partnership/HousingMinnesota
  Handout: HousingMinnesota 2003 Legislative Wrap-Up
• Health Care - Maureen O'Connell, Legal Services Advocacy Project
  Resource: Summaries of changes to Health and Public Welfare programs
• Jobs - Carrie Thomas, JOBS NOW Coalition
  Handout: Summary of 2004-05 Employment & Training Programs Appropriations
• Welfare - Karen Kingsley, Affirmative Options Coalition
  Handout: Affirmative Options 2003 Legislative Summary