Oct 1, 2021
Minnesota Report Federal dollars usually come with a string attached and that is a state match. On Tuesday, MNDOT Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher identified $1 billion in need for bridge repair, in the land of the 35W Bridge collapse. If this is the starting...
Sep 23, 2021
Minnesota Report Minnesota State Statue Article 206 is entitled Voting Systems. Article 206.80 states: 206.80 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. (a) An electronic voting system may not be employed unless it: (1) permits every voter to vote in secret; (2) permits every voter...
Sep 23, 2021
Minnesota Report In Minneapolis, if you fail to select a candidate, who is not one of the final two finishers your ballot is deemed “Exhausted,” and you have been functionally disenfranchised. We thought this was an egregious issue on its own, but not we understand,...
Sep 23, 2021
Minnesota Report We have conceived of a novel idea, which we have always attributed to Eric Eskola of WCCO Radio and TPT Almanac fame, who posed the question of a 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 budget solution of 1999 at a gubernatorial press conference. When Reform Party Governor...
Sep 14, 2021
Minnesota Report Last night the Senate DFL met to choose a successor for Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent (DFL-53, Woodbury) who had announced her resignation earlier this month. As we expected, he 31 member caucus selected Sen Melisa Franzen (DFL-49, Edina). The...
Sep 9, 2021
Minnesota Report The Republican Senate Majority Caucus advanced Senate President Jeremy Miller (R-28, Winona) from the podium to the floor last night in an election to fill the vacancy created by Sen Paul Gazelka’s (R-09-Nisswa) resignation as Majority...
Sep 9, 2021
Minnesota Report It is good to see the Mill City is on one-hand seeking to follow the governance structure of the Capitol City and empower the mayor. On the other, the language of the proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment on Police Reform in Minneapolis is still an...
Sep 7, 2021
Minnesota Report First, it was the rapid one-week ouster of Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan, then the announcement by Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-09, Nisswa) leaving the leadership post and not seeking reelection, followed by the more surprising...
Sep 7, 2021
Minnesota Report First off, in order to find all of the contributions Anton “Tony” Lazarro made to candidates, party units and PAC’s you will need to look under a number of names. This is significant because as of now, state law only allows active political campaigns...
Sep 7, 2021
Minnesota Report Today, former Senate Counsel Peter Wattson along with former Ramsey County Election Director Joe Masky, have put forward a redistricting plan in support of their case before the five-Judge Redistricting Panel. The plan accounts for three rural...
