Legislators going to Little Falls

LITTLE FALLS - A bipartisan task force of state representatives and senators will travel to Little Falls for a 9:30 a.m. Friday town hall meeting regarding the state budget deficit. The meeting will be at the Morrison County Government Center.

Attending the meeting will be Rep. Al Doty, DFL-Royalton, vice chair of the Agriculture, Rural Economies, and Veterans Affairs Committee, and Sen. Paul Koering, R-Fort Ripley, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Housing, and Family Security Committee. Also attending the hearing will be Reps. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, chair of the Capital Investment Committee; Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, chair of the Commerce and Labor Committee; Mary Ellen Otremba, DFL-Long Prairie, chair of the Agriculture, Rural Economies, and Veterans Affairs Committee; Steve Gottwalt, R-St. Cloud, ranking minority member of the Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division; Denny McNamara, R-Hastings, ranking minority member of the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee; and Dan Severson, R-Sauk Rapids, minority whip.

If you would like to provide public testimony on the state budget, visit the House Web site at www.house.mn and sign up under the town hall meeting link or contact Doty's office at (651) 296-4247 or by e-mail at rep.al.doty@house.mn.