St. Paul Four lawmakers who represent the area around Voyageurs National Park have introduced bills in the Minnesota House and Senate to restore the Citizens Council on Voyageurs National Park, calling it an important forum that lets area residents have

The council will go out of business on June 30 under a law passed in 2000. The bills introduced by Rep. David Dill, DFL-Crane, and Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, would “repeal the repeal,” allowing the council to keep operating indefinitely. The bills also provide a $150,000 budget for the council for the next two years. […]

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