Feb 2, 1998
Sen. Steve Kelley (DFL) SD 44 stirred up a nest of hornets on Friday in the Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee. He brought forward a bill allowing local municipalities the right to provide telecommunication services. This met with strong opposition from...
Feb 2, 1998
The DFL State Central Committee met in Hopkins a week ago Saturday. The event was marked by a parade of candidates. While walking into the school where the event was held delegates were greeted to a snow sculpture of the initials HHH in blue dye. The missed...
Feb 2, 1998
Republican Party newsletter The Victory Line hit a couple of snags last week in its attempt to recruit women to the right side of the aisle. Inside the newsletter about capturing the women’s vote. That was followed by a joke about Attorney General Janet Reno....
Feb 2, 1998
Whoever is advising Sen. Ember Reichgott Junge (DFL) SD 46, in her quest to be the next Attorney General, should tell her to lay off the kids. It seems that every piece of legislation she has proposed in recent years is targeted at children. The latest brainstorm is...
Feb 2, 1998
Many references have been made to Sen. John Marty’s (DFL) SD 54, troubles within his committee on Election Laws. That trend continues this legislative session. The committee is considering the Unicameral Legislature bills. By all appearances Sen. Mark Ourada (R)...
Feb 2, 1998
The Raging Ambition of New York Norm By Mark Dayton The poem was printed on Mark Dayton for Minnesota letterhead and handed out to DFL party members. It is printed below in full: Listen my friends, and I shall inform, ‘Bout the raging ambition of one New York...
Jan 23, 1998
Producer Vicky Miko is leaving the KTCA program Face to Face to become the Lamont Foundation’s Director of Education in San Diego. Former Law & Politics and Key Investments denizen Holden Brooks will take her place as Face To Face’s new produce…...
Jan 23, 1998
Retiring Secretary of State Joan Anderson Growe will accept a Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award from the Women in State Government organization. She’ll be in prestigious company on January 30th in DC: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will receive a lifetime...
Jan 23, 1998
The progressive community has a new darling in the race to unseat Senator Rod Grams. His name is Dr. Steve Miles. Dr. Miles is the director of the Center of Biomedical Ethics. He has done extensive work with the American Refugee Committee, working in Cambodian refugee...
Jan 23, 1998
When Dan Cramer left the Mark Dayton campaign, he landed in the Speaker’s corner. Former Dayton Communications Director Lori Schaefer departed shortly after Cramer’s exit. Laurie is now joining Cramer on the Speaker’s team as the Legislative...
