Jan 30, 2018
In 2014, a beneficial year for Republican House candidates, Rep. Dan Schoen (DFL-54A, Cottage Grove) prevailed with 7047 votes or 55.52% over Republican Matt Kowlaski with 5629 votes or44.35%. In 2016, the both House seats sat in the Republican column. In 54A, Keith...
Jan 30, 2018
[catlist currenttags=”yes” conditional_title=”Archives on These Topics”] Yesterday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN04) notified the public of her signature as a cosponsor of Article of Impeachment against President Donald J Trump (R) the day...
Jan 30, 2018
Former State Representative Denny McNamara (R-Hastings) and Jeremy Munson (R-Lake Crystal), both Republican Party endorsed candidates, prevailed in last night in their respective Special Election Primary contests. Each election occurred in response to the resignations...
Jan 29, 2018
Attorney General Lori Swanson (DFL-MN) finally has made her decision to seek reelection public. She sent out an email to an array of DFL political activists yesterday. Since her message current Rep. Deb Hilstrom (DFL-40B, Brooklyn Center) and former Rep. Ryan...
Jan 18, 2018
Last year, we published a controversial and disturbing piece on House Ways & Means Chairman, Jim Knoblach (R-14B, St Cloud) regarding claims made by his daughter on her Facebook...
Jan 18, 2018
Wednesday, Governor Mark Dayton (D-MN) released his proposed Bonding Bill, which is standard practice because the even years are the tradition within the biennial session for capital projects. Dayton said, the $1.5 billion proposal accounts for 22,950 new jobs and...
Jan 18, 2018
The Olmstead County Charter Commission voted to postpone any action on the issue of Ranked Choice Voting. The mater was before the commission on January 9th....
Jan 18, 2018
Hudson is often viewed as a suburb of the Twin Cities, it is considered a part of the statistical area, in fact, the current mayor is former state House member Rich O’Connor (D), who represented the eastside 1982-92 until his defeat by now Congresswoman Betty McCollum...
Jan 10, 2018
We are hearing an interesting thought, former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is allowing her name to be put in place in order to prevent former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) from entering the Senate race to oppose US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN). Pawlenty may be...
Jan 10, 2018
Originally posted April 20, 2001 When the Vice-President of the United States calls someone who may believe is the person actually in charge, you stop and take notice. So seems to have been with the state House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty (R – 38B,...