Here are the legislators chosen to be on the upcoming higher-education conference committee, which is charged with reconciling/synthesizing House and Senate legislation on that subject:
House:
Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona)
Ryan Winkler (DFL-Golden Valley);
Zachary Dorholt (DFL-St. Cloud)
Senate:
Chairwoman Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka)
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.
Alex Friedrich