Jul 26, 2001
The statewide teachers union, Education Minnesota was something we felt warranted coverage all throughout the legislative session and we documented a number of stories about their activities. Based on that it was not surprising to see that the organization spent...
Jul 19, 2001
Andrea Mokros returned to Minnesota to do press for Jay Benanav after a stint in Washington DC working with Henry Kissinger and Mack McLarty at Kissinger McLarty Associates, a small government relations consulting firm. McLarty, a President Bill Clinton (D) friend...
Jul 19, 2001
This is the second part of our interview with House Speaker Steve Sviggum (R-28B, Kenyon). C&B: Can you give me a perspective on the negotiation picture and what it really looked like? It seemed frequently, when you were talking to the press toward the end of...
Jul 19, 2001
Sen Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will be in town for a fundraiser. Larry Redmond, Lois Quam, Matt Entenza, Eric Johnson and Bill Kelly are sponsoring the event at the Minneapolis Club on Monday 8:00 am…. This content is for Monthly Premium Subscription, Annual Premium...
Jul 19, 2001
Here was another curious item that cropped up during the Allina affair. Blois Olson circulated an email to members of the Capitol Press corps, holding himself out as an unbiased party and lacking any interests in the matter, but willing to comment on the situation....
Jul 19, 2001
It was interesting to learn last week about the activities undertaken by our state’s largest HMO, Allina, when Attorney General Mike Hatch (DFL-MN) placed them under the microscope. The basis of Hatch’s inquiries was the expenditure of dollars for outside consultants...
Jul 19, 2001
The Minneapolis mayoral election has a few similar items we found worth mentioning between the current candidacies for mayor and the candidacies of 1993. The current field of candidates includes two who were actually vying in 1993, and they are incumbent Mayor Sharon...
Jul 12, 2001
John Lesch has left the office of Councilmember Chris Coleman (DFL-Ward 02, St Paul) to finally ply his wears in the legal community. He has joined the St. Paul City Attorney’s office and is working in the criminal law unit. Nancy Homans will be his replacement in...
Jul 12, 2001
Councilmember Chris Coleman (DFL-Ward 02, St Paul) and Jim Reiter (I-Ward 05, St Paul)) are calling for mayoral candidates to forgo negative campaigning during the St. Paul Mayor’s race. In a resolution passed yesterday by the St. Paul City Council on a 6 to 1 margin...
Jul 12, 2001
Matt Solberg hired on last month as the scheduler for the State Auditor Judi Dutcher (DFL-MN) gubernatorial campaign after working with Bobbi Megard up to the DFL City endorsing convention and Molly Brundage, a veteran from the Centennial State has come to the Land O’...
