House's all-GOP conference commitee members

The House has chosen its higher-ed conference committee members — all Republican:

Rep. Bud Nornes, R-Fergus Falls;
Rep. Bob Dettmer, R-Forest Lake;
Rep. Kurt Daudt, R-Crown;
Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-Bloomington; and
Rep. David Hancock, R-Bemidji.

MnSCU’s Friends Action Network blog says there’s been no word on when it will meet, but that policy bills should begin soon. (What that’s supposed to make the anti-cloning bill and other non-financial stuff in the bills so far — I’m not sure.)

Senate hasn’t announced its members yet.

Here, by the way, is a side-by-side presentation of the bills.

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.