Apr 19, 2017
If Republicans want to grow their party beyond fascistic angry white men and gray-haired people, they had better change their course regarding higher education. Our state has witnessed a dramatic shift in state support of public colleges, a shift in financial aid for...
Mar 27, 2017
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...
Mar 17, 2017
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...
Mar 17, 2017
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...
Mar 17, 2017
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...
Mar 16, 2017
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...
Mar 8, 2017
We spoke with Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN08) at the DFL Business Conference in Hinckley on Saturday and inquired as to the seriousness of his potential gubernatorial bid and found out the following. There was a draft Nolan table present with literature supporting...
Mar 8, 2017
Since FairVoteMN has a 501 (C) 4, it can participate in politics as an informational group rather than as a lobbying entity. This means they do not have to disclose their contributors or expenditures. We have learned from reading the Arnold Foundation website under...
Mar 6, 2017
If the St Paul Charter Commission votes to place Ranked Voting on the ballot in November, St Paul is poised to be a significant battlefront in the protection of public pension programs. With Republicans in control of both houses of the legislature, we are prepared for...
Mar 4, 2017
We have learned the result of the DFL Chair’s race Ken Martin 369 Donna Cassutt 110. We are on-hand for the DFL Business Conference in Hinckley, which will select its party leadership for the next two years. The candidates have drawn lots and DFL Party...
