Mar 2, 2011
Yesterday, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee voted to present to the body its proposed rules for the 2011-12 legislative session. Contained in the new rules are new provisions, which will finally resolve the questions between press credentials for media...
Mar 2, 2011
The focus on MN Republican Party Chairman’s Tony Sutton’s efforts to steer legislature while the new Republican Legislative Majority navigates through the myriad of bills seems overly much. While people are looking for someone to blame or a scapegoat of...
Mar 2, 2011
We spoke with House Ways and Means Chairwoman Rep Mary Liz Holberg (R-36B, Lakeville) yesterday and inquired about the date which House Budget targets will be known. She said, “It should be about a week and a half,” which we speculate, means around the “Ides of...
Mar 2, 2011
Upon Governor Mark Dayton’s (D) early evening return from attending the National Governor’s Association winter meeting in Washington, DC he presented his proposed budget revision for FY2012-13. The list of items accounted for the entire $1,160b realized with the...
Feb 28, 2011
The Republicans going first started with House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R-32B, Maple Grove), Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo), House Majority Leader Matt Dean (R-52B, Dellwood) and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Geoff Michel (R-41, Edina) who stood...
Feb 28, 2011
Governor Mark Dayton (D-MN) will not be able to meet with the press until 5:00 pm tonight when he returns from the National Governor’s Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Dayton said he would only ask from those with means to pay in an additional amount to meet...
Feb 28, 2011
As we anticipated the state’s economic outlook improved slightly with the release of the new projects from the Office of Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB). The improvement is due in large part to the increased revenues realized from the lame duck session tax...
Feb 25, 2011
In recent years the DFL Party has relied heavily on the Voters Action Network (VAN), which is an integrated database where allied groups, unions, community activist organizations and the Democratic Party have shared lists of political information on their membership....
Feb 25, 2011
We have been one of the few sources to focus on the Republican Party political activity in Dakota County. This morning’s announcement by Sen Pat Pariseau (R-37, Farmington) is not a surprise. We started paying attention to Dakota County politics long ago and in...
Feb 21, 2011
Today, at 4:15 pm when the legislature meets in joint session to select four Regents for the University of Minnesota, the Republican majorities will carry universal power. The Regent’s selection is determined by a vote of the combined bodies. With a 72 vote majority...
