Apr 13, 2016
Prior to the start of the legislative session, Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-53B, Inver Grove Heights) garnered media attention by discussing his proposed legislation to address the issues he had regarding Fantasy Sports. In spite of his concerns, the fact he is in the...
Apr 9, 2016
Latest News There is no endorsement in the 60B House race We are on-hand at NE Middle School for the DFL endorsing convention for House District 60B. At this moment the candidates are in a Q&A session for 30 minutes and then the first ballot will commence. The...
Apr 7, 2016
Rep. Phyllis Kahn (DFL-60B, Minneapolis), first took office on Jan 02, 1973 and is one of the two longest serving legislators in MN history along with Rep. Lyndon Carlson (DFL-45A, Robbinsdale), who claims to have been sworn in first due to alphabetical order. She has...
Apr 7, 2016
Rep. Jim Knoblach (R-St Cloud) voted for the 2006 Capital Investment Bill in his last year of office in 2006 before his return in 2015. The bill contained the initial funding for the Northstar Rail occurred when Knoblach was Chair of the Ways and Means Committee,...
Apr 7, 2016
Libertarians applaud Republican opposition to Real ID, which is nothing more than a National ID. So far MN is one of the few remaining holdouts on this issue and after viewing the legislation which passed in the House last week S. F. No. 1646, the opposition is still...
Apr 7, 2016
This November voters will be asked to vote on a Constitutional Amendment to create an independent commission to set the salaries for legislators pay. Now many people will point out legislators work only part-time, which is not true because their responsibilities are...
Apr 7, 2016
DFL Party Chair Ken Martin has it right when he is calling for two events regarding Presidential delegate selection. The idea of a Presidential Primary is not a new one; it was the child of Pat Forciea and Gary Cervenik in 1988 and resulted in great political lists...
Apr 7, 2016
The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Evenwel v. Abbot, a Texas Redistricting case, in this case Abbot is the former Texas Attorney General now Governor Greg Abbot (R-TX) is the fact a normally divided court on an 8-0 decision knocked down a partisan by redistricting...
Mar 1, 2016
The reason tonight is called Super Tuesday because the major political parties sought a vehicle for early consolidation of support for their respective candidates. Because the delegate selection is metered out over a course of months, the thought was to lump a number...
Feb 23, 2016
A week from today, interested persons will gather in churches, classrooms and community centers across the state of Minnesota for precinct caucuses to start the process for delegate selection which ultimately leads to national delegate selection. The determining...
