{"id":912,"date":"2025-04-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sen.johnmarty.org\/?p=912"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:02:54","slug":"senator-marty-pushing-for-moratorium-on-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sen.johnmarty.org\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Senator Marty Pushing for Moratorium on Billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGyIo2aR5Ty\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"502\" class=\"wp-image-913\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sen.johnmarty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-11-144159.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Marty is pushing legislation to create a moratorium on billboards in Minnesota, allowing cities and counties to phase them out over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at all the marketing Minnesota does for tourism, you look at the TV commercials we provide, the online ads to promote our state for tourism \u2014 beautiful pictures \u2014 none of them have any billboards in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor safety and for scenic beauty, Minnesota should not be adding additional billboards. Four other states \u2013 all of them tourism states \u2013 Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, and Maine do not allow any billboards. 72% of Alaska voters supported an initiative to eliminate all billboards in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation passed out of the Senate Transportation Committee. Senator Marty plans to continue pushing the legislation in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/view-bill-minnesota-billboard-moratorium\">https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/view-bill-minnesota-billboard-moratorium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Marty is pushing legislation to create a moratorium on billboards in Minnesota, allowing cities and counties to phase them out over time. \u201cWhen you look at all the marketing Minnesota does for tourism, you look at the TV commercials we provide, the online ads to promote our state for tourism \u2014 beautiful pictures \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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