Feb 7, 2023
Minnesota Report One facet of the reason for the rapid advancement of legislation is due to the large amount of legislation, which had previously passed in the DFL Controlled House, but was stymied by the Republican controlled Senate. Now, with the often pronounced...
Feb 7, 2023
Minnesota Report Yesterday, on the House floor the DFL Majority passed funding for the Attorney General’s Office to add seven criminal prosecutors to their component. As we understand this is a return to the yesteryears of Hubert “Skip” Humphrey III days. On a 73-55...
Feb 7, 2023
Minnesota Report Yesterday in the Senate Agriculture, Broadband and Rural Development Committee SF0073 received its fourth hearing and passed on a 5-4 party line vote. The bulk of the opposition, which we believe will be a consistent posture for the Republican...
Feb 7, 2023
Minnesota Report The idea of reviving the train route from the Twin Cities to Duluth is a high dosage of nostalgia for those yearning for a passage back to another era. The sights of the porters loading the bags and the conductors punching the tickets in their long...
Feb 6, 2023
Minnesota Report We are hearing House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-37B, Brooklyn Park) is seeking to curtail the volume of legislation being drafted and wants only members not lobbyists putting bills in the Hopper. As of today, prior to the start of the today’s...
Feb 6, 2023
National & Minnesota Report On Friday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted to approve the Rules Committee approved Primary Calendar. Which was determined on December 22, 2022, when the DNC’s Rules Committee voted to approve a proposal reorganizing the...
Feb 3, 2023
Minnesota Report Last week, any visitors to senate offices encountered locked corridor doors, which we learned, were due to a preemptive response to the PRO Act legislation, which Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) signed yesterday. Additionally, yesterday, in the Capitol...
Feb 3, 2023
Minnesota Report In the first late night session, the senate passed HF0007, on a party line vote 34-33, compared to the House passage last week of 70-60, which also reflected strong party influence. Now, the bill heads to Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) which he has...
Feb 3, 2023
Minnesota Report The End-of-the-Year Campaign Finance Reports are available and these show the total contributions and expenditures for the 2022 election granted it is well after the fact, but does show what is reported and an insight into what actually occurred. We...
Jan 30, 2023
Minnesota Report By all accounts, the amount of early action by the two legislative bodies is setting an aggressive pace and the items being considered are quite substantial. The total number of bills introductions posted on the respective websites this morning, show...
