Jun 9, 2025
Minnesota Report Before the NorthStar line and the Light Rail Line Green Line were completed, we had an interesting conversation with Phillip Qualey, then lobbyist for the United Transportation Union, now retired. Qualey discuss the capacity for a high speed rail line...
May 29, 2025
Minnesota Report This will be an interesting election season in St Paul. In spite of the Capitol City being a DFL controlled town, the city DFL is not able to hold precinct caucuses, meaning there will not be a DFL endorsement and hence no resources from the DFL State...
May 29, 2025
Minnesota Report We think the sinkhole located on W 7th Street, should be aptly named the Melvin Carter III Sinkhole. We believe this might also be a visible metaphor of the Carter Administration. It would be interesting if someone were to make a placard and put it on...
May 29, 2025
Minnesota Report Non-profit estimates 6,096 newly eligible voters cast ballots in 2024 Election SAINT PAUL – On May 19, 2025, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined with other leaders in the state to highlight new data showing the success of the 2023 Restore...
May 21, 2025
Minnesota Report It might seem like semantics but, the House and Senate, by virtue of not being in session are acting as if they were still in, but officially can take no real action until a Special Session is called by Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN). These are Working...
May 21, 2025
Minnesota Report If you are interested in Social Media controls then you might want to follow the Health and Human Services Working Group. The House conferees are Reps Robert Bierman (DFL-62B, Apple Valley), Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL-49B, Eden Prairie), Liz...
May 17, 2025
Minnesota Report With the Minnesota Legislature effectively tied—House at 67-67 and the Senate at 34-33—we find ourselves facing a Bipolar Body: a beast of two minds. Progress under these conditions is elusive. The POCI Caucus remains divided and impassioned, and yet,...
May 15, 2025
Minnesota Report In what we would consider unexpected, all sides in the legislature acted like adults and came to an agreement in time for the legislative session to end on time. Yes, we were surprised, in this politically divided world caused largely by the existence...
May 13, 2025
International, National & Minnesota Report Yes, we were as surprised as anyone to find ourselves agreeing—wholeheartedly—with Donald J. Trump (R) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) on a key issue: the outrageous cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Trump’s...
May 13, 2025
National & Minnesota Report In recent days, we’ve spoken with a wide range of immigrants—former DACA recipients, legal permanent residents with Green Cards, and HB1 visa holders—about a chilling proposal reportedly floated by the Trump camp: deporting...
