Apr 14, 2011
Governor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) told legislators he wanted the entire budget completed before he would take action, but with the Agriculture and Rural Development Omnibus Bill heading to his desk, with early indications he will sign it, this may not be the case. The Ag...
Apr 11, 2011
The members of the House of Representatives ended debate on a number of bills on Thursday morning around 3:30 am. The bill seeing one of most the contentious of the debates being SF760; the Health and Human Services Omnibus Bill. This issue which raised the hackles of...
Apr 11, 2011
This morning on the floor of the Senate, Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo) named the initial Senate appointees to the respective budget bill conference committees. In the early lists, only four DFLers are sitting on the various spending bill conference...
Apr 5, 2011
Is it only irony or is it blatant hypocrisy to see Republicans take jobs in state government? Turning on TPT’s coverage of the Minnesota House and seeing David Strom, former head of the Minnesota Taxpayers League sitting as a staffer in a House Committee strikes...
Apr 5, 2011
Next week the Senate Commerce Committee will hear a bevy of bills intended to change our states’ No-Fault Insurance System. We know of six bills coming before the Commerce Committee which are intended to change the system and a few are backed by the Insurance...
Apr 5, 2011
In 2010, the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association (MLBA) actively encouraged its members to support Republican candidates for legislative office. They along with other groups looked forward to new legislative majorities. The problem is their industry is completely...
Apr 5, 2011
We have it on good authority, the various administrative departments are preparing for a government shutdown on July 1st. Once the size and scope of the shutdown are known people will clearly understand its impact on their daily lives. In order to implement a...
Apr 5, 2011
When people are looking for a reference point for a government shutdown, eyes turn to 2005, but there will be a dramatic difference between then and 2011. 2005 was a partial government shutdown, and because Governor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) has called for an entire budget...
Apr 5, 2011
A federal government shutdown will affect Minnesota in many ways and highlight for everyone the daily attachments to Washington, DC. If the feds fail to reach a compromise on the budget then the potential for a government shutdown here in Minnesota is up in the air....
Mar 31, 2011
Right now the legislature is focused on budget issues, but we expect politics will start to break out after the Easter/Passover break. We have been asking about what a Congressional District Map will look like from the Republican Majorities. The best we have heard is...
