By: News Director Larissa Donovan
ST. PAUL– About 50 Bemidjians descended onto the State Capitol on Thursday, March 28, for the annual “Bemidji Day at the State Capitol,” where local lobbyists expressed the needs of the community to the state’s governing bodies.
Among the issues discussed were more funding for the Minnesota State system, of which Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College are part; an increase in reimbursement funding for the Indian Child Welfare Act; an increase to Local Government Aid; and a fix to the state’s transportation funding formula, which has left the Bemidji School District to draw funds to pay for transportation every year to the tune of about $500,000.
