What to Expect from the Legislature Today?

Minnesota Report The agenda for the legislature is limited and focused on issues surrounding the COVID-19 Virus and there are a number of ways it is adversely affecting our state. A view of the times for consideration by the House Rules and Legislative Administration...

What the House Looks Like During COVID-19

Minnesota Report Watching yesterday’s proceedings of the Minnesota House of Representatives during the passage of extension of Worker’s Compensation Benefits to First-Responders and other personnel who contract COVID-19 in the course of doing their jobs, was an...

Nationally, Republicans Fearful of a Nationwide Voting Standard

National Report Fact, Vote-by-Mail if required will be the biggest voter enfranchisement in the history of the United States. It will also produce the largest voter turnout in our nation’s history and it’s a political fact—Republicans greatest Fear—when more people...

Gas Prices Falling Slowly, with Reduced Travel

Minnesota Report The cost of gasoline has not taken as dramatic of a decline as one would think during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Stay-at-Home order. The range in St Paul via Gas Buddy is $1.89-1.57 and with the price of oil floating around $25/barrel one would...

Walz State of the State 2020

Minnesota Report As he sat in the Governor’s Mansion under a self-imposed 14-day quarantine Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) addressed the current Stay-at-Home situation felt across our state. His comments only addressed this issue and not much else. One would think during...