Mar 3, 2020
National and Minnesota Report Last night, US Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stood in center stage at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium as a victor. He came on a prescheduled appearance to challenge US Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on her home turf and because she ended her campaign...
Mar 2, 2020
National and Minnesota Report In a Washington Post article posted at 12:37 pm Amy Klobuchar ends her presidential bid Amy B Wang is reporting “The Senator Nextdoor” is calling it quits. This is interesting because we are only one day away from Super...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report The February Budget Forecast shows a slight improvement, .02% over November’s as we anticipated. What is missing in any inclusion of data following the outbreak of the Corona virus or COVID-19. During the presentations by MMB Commissioner Myron...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report Yesterday, Sen Scott Newman’s (R-18, Hutchinson) SF3571 passed the State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee on a party-line vote 5-4. We find this interesting since in 2012, voters rejected this idea 52.16% to 46.16%. The constant...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report We spoke with State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee Chair Mary Kiffmeyer (R-30, Big Lake) and learned she will be revisiting Sen Mark Koran’s (R-32, North Branch) bill SF3385 Ranked-choice voting local government adoption...
Feb 27, 2020
Minnesota Report We are expecting a February Budget Forecast to be largely inline with the November Forecast. The quarterly report released by Minnesota Management & Budget Office showed a slight improvement on receipts, but some corporate figures are expected in...
Feb 27, 2020
Minnesota Report Last night, the Minnesota House passed two bills, HF3100 establishing an Emergency Insulin program 75-52 and HF3068 regulating the Presidential Primary results 72-55. Both set up a conflict with the Senate. In regards to Insulin the DFL wants the...
Feb 27, 2020
Minnesota Report Since 2002, under the Administration of Governor Jesse Ventura (I-MN) Budget Forecasts have not included inflation and have largely been a misrepresentations of the true cost of of Minnesota government. In her bill, HF150 Rep Jennifer...
Feb 24, 2020
Minnesota Report On Wednesday 50 Somali Interpreters and their supporters will stage a protest outside the UCARE Corporate Offices on Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis. They will not be there to get on the multi-seat bicycle, but rather to decry the companies...
Feb 24, 2020
Minnesota Report The US Navy saw fit to name only one of its 33 Los Angeles-class submarines after two cities when commissioning the USS Minneapolis-St Paul (SSN-708). Submarines get attention. This one is a unique symbol and should be saved. But “The Mighty MSP” is...
