Mar 30, 2001
DFL Chair Mike Erlandson is still one of two Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington DC with the title Mr Chair the other is Terry McAullife chair of the Democratic National Committee. In a show that everything is not political Erlandson contacted us to acknowledge...
Mar 30, 2001
There is some talk in political circles about the possibilities for the various candidates in the race for Mayor of St. Paul. The attention in the DFL endorsement is being focused mainly on City Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward 04, St Paul) and former Council...
Mar 30, 2001
The idea for a single legislative session may have gotten the necessary boost with an amendment of moving the actual business part of the legislative session to second year of the biennium instead of the first. The structure of the legislative activities would be to...
Mar 30, 2001
On Friday, all of the bills, which passed either a committee in the state Senate or the state House or were amended on to another bill, remain alive. Proponents of bills, which did not make the first threshold, will be looking for vehicles to amend their provisions...
Mar 30, 2001
The issue that never dies, abortion, returns to the legislative debate. Privately, some “pro-life” members of the Republican Party wish the zealots would stop making them take a vote on this issue every session in the latest incarnation of an anti-abortion bill. The...
Mar 30, 2001
Sometimes change comes slowly in Minnesota. So is the case in the eraser of the outmoded “Blue Laws.” These were the laws set to incur obedience to religion and commemorate the Christian day of worship. This is why they don’t sell cars, beer, wine or liquor on...
Mar 30, 2001
On Wednesday, the United States Census Bureau sent out the official number for the population of the state of Minnesota. Our state topped out at a whopping 4.919 million. The population shifts in the various areas were actually somewhat different than...
Mar 25, 2001
We understand from sources close to the Administration that former DFL State Representative Joel Jacobs is not likely to return to the Public Utilities Commission for a 2nd term. He was appointed by Governor Arne Carlson in 1995 to serve a six-year term and was...
Mar 25, 2001
The Twins Stadium may have passed out of committee in order to meet with the prescribed deadline, but the initiative was not met with much favor in 1997 and it probably will not fare much better in 2001. The reason is the owner, Carl Pohlad. Support for Pohlad is the...
Mar 25, 2001
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