Aug 23, 2016
The Star Tribune filled in a few more details on the January car crash story on Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-30A, Crown). The focus of J. Patrick Coolican’s story is on past traffic violations. Speaker Daudt’s crash last January reveals spotty...
Aug 19, 2016
On January 21, 2016, House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-30A, Crown) was reportedly late to a meeting with Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL-03, Cook). The only reason we have found was a tweet by Pioneer Press reporter Rachel Stassen Berger...
Aug 3, 2016
This article is an independent analysis of the piece we scribed yesterday, but there are some common themes and relevant considerations. Again, the fundamental question is whether or not the candidates seeking the seats in a primary contest are challengers to the...
Aug 2, 2016
The Minnesota State Primary on August 9th has a number of interesting contests which include insurgences from the left against DFLers and the right against Republicans. As we saw during the Presidential Primary season, there is a lot of unrest in our politics this...
Jul 15, 2016
Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) and legislative leaders, Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-30A, Crown) and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL-03, Cook) announced there intent to meet in special session August 15th. As we had stated previously if there was going to...
Jun 21, 2016
Word out of the special session negotiations is no resolution and no progress. We understand Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) is doubling down and trying to solidify his conservative credentials. Effectively, he is not really negotiating. He brought...
Jun 21, 2016
Last Saturday, during the running of Grandma’s Marathon C&B Publisher Shawn Towle happened upon Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) in Canal Park. The Speaker was alone, without an entourage and, when asked about his presence in the Zenith City...
Jun 7, 2016
At 10:00 AM Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) will meet with the press to discuss his decision to cast a “pocket veto” of the Tax Bill. The explanation of a pocket veto can be found in Article IV Section 23 of the Minnesota Constitution. It is clear by not signing the bill...
Jun 2, 2016
Yesterday, Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) laid out the requirements, he has for calling a Special Session. The list of requests includes correction of language in the Tax Bill which will cause the state to lose $101 million in tax revenue and spend an additional $243...
Jun 2, 2016
The campaign for DFL Party endorsement for Governor in 2018 starts in earnest on Saturday. We will be watching the slew of speakers who are given speaking time before the convention and we believe, this will be an indicator of those eyeing the Governor’s office. We...
