Ranked Voting Story on MPR

Today, MPR ran an interesting story on Ranked Voting. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/03/27/push-to-vote-st-paul-ranked-choice Tonight, the St Paul Charter Commission Committee on Charter Changes meets to discuss the issue…. This content is for Monthly General...

Tax Cuts Sets State Up for Deficits Again

The Republican Senate Majority is proposing $900 million in tax cuts, and reference the lack of tax cuts for sixteen years. We will remind people those who fail to appreciate history are doomed to repeat it. In 2000, when tax cuts were instituted, removal of the upper...

Higher Education Students May Have a Claim Against the State

On Tuesday, the Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance Committee Chaired by Bud Nornes (R-08A, Fergus Falls) met and considered HF2313 authored by Rep. Drew Christensen (R-56A, Savage) a UMN graduate, calling for a 1% tuition decrease in the state’s...

Salary Increase is Still a Political Football

Minnesotan’s passed a Constitutional Amendment to establish a commission on legislative salaries, written with language say legislators should not set their own salaries. The commission is set to release its decision and they propose to raise the salary up 45% from...

Ranked Choice Voting Articles in Highland Villager

If you are interested in the issues concerning Ranked Choice Voting, we encourage you to pick up a Highland Villager. On Wednesday, the paper came out with an interview with C&B Publisher Shawn Towle’s comments about the call for another referendum on the...