Dec 8, 2021
Minnesota Report Historically, when the Revenue Forecast is released, we are at the press conference and ask a standard question of the Office of Management and Budget Commissioner, which is what tis the state’s Debt Capacity. This year, as I was last year, we...
Dec 7, 2021
Minnesota Report Today, the Office of Management and Budget released the November Revenue Forecast. The amount being a surplus of $7.7 billion. The Minnesota economy, jobs numbers and unemployment rates all surpass the federal figures. The outlook is clear and bright...
Nov 29, 2021
National Report Today, another salvo was fired in the battle between Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO05) and Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN05). This escalating War of Words, Tweets and floor statements is a sharp example of the culture wars playing out on the floor of the House of...
Nov 29, 2021
Minnesota Report When we considered the number of retirements surrounding redistricting elections, our snap judgment was there were greater number of incumbents who bowed out in redistricting years rather than in a normal election cycle. After a review of he election...
Nov 11, 2021
Minnesota Report Yesterday, Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter announced the October Revenue Figures and once again our state is collecting more money than was forecast in February....
Nov 11, 2021
Minnesota Report As the 2021 United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference is coming to a close, its clear the efforts being agreed to by world governments, political leaders and environmental organizations will result in change, but also it will be woefully...
Nov 11, 2021
National Report For the entirety of our political involvement, we have felt there is a political matrix. Our thoughts were based on the political polarities of left, right and center. Additionally, those three categories having their own divisions of left, right and...
Oct 28, 2021
Minnesota Report We received this message in our email last evening conveyed from the DFL Senate District 66 Chair Ryan Lee. Please see the below message from Representative Alice Hausman of House District 66A: Dear friends in District 66, I am sharing the...
Oct 27, 2021
Minnesota Report The fact, our nation continues to be divided on the issue of Abortion should come as no surprise, and the fact, state legislatures are dominated by paternalistic men who are quite comfortable dictating to women what they do with their bodies should...
Oct 27, 2021
Minnesota Report Focus: Minneapolis With an eye on Minneapolis and its municipal elections, we thought a view of the early turnout numbers compared to 2017 worth visiting. In 2017, 105,928 voters cast ballots from the 259,060 registered voters, with 9,762 registering...
