Apr 25, 2019
Minnesota Report The DFL House Majority is defining its negotiating position as they pass their Omnibus Bills, and the House Republicans are trying to obstruction and drag out the process as much as possible. Which was the tactic the DFL House Minority used from...
Apr 25, 2019
Minnesota Report The use of state preemption to prevent localities from changing local ordinances to adversely impact business in places where Republicans have no political toehold i.e. Minneapolis and St Paul; is now a part of the Budget negotiations. Senate Majority...
Apr 25, 2019
Minnesota Report As we are observing the House Floor sessions and the ensuing debate it is clear the DFL House Majority is setting an agenda, which is closely aligned with Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) and is a vision for where they would like to the state to go....
Apr 9, 2019
Minnesota Report Yesterday, House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-37B, Brooklyn Park sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-09, Nisswa calling for public meetings to help in clearly defining the starting points for budget negotiations. The use of the...
Apr 8, 2019
Minnesota Report In the 2000s, first during the Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) when Rep Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) was House Majority Leader, Republicans began looking at government in a unique way. This was the 2003-04 Buget. They only acknowledged inflation on the revenue...
Apr 8, 2019
Minnesota Report In the 1980s, the cost of tuition was based on the state of Minnesota providing one-third of the cost of instruction. Now, it was often a challenge especially in bad economic times, but at least with this, as a rule, people knew what they could expect...
Apr 8, 2019
Minnesota Report As we listen to the debate of whether the state should continue the Health Care Providers Tax, we keep hearing the argument because there is nothing else. This is not true. We have discussed the idea of a tax on sugar on high fructose-based products....
Apr 5, 2019
Minnesota Report Starting Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee will be acting on many of the Omnibus bills. The agenda for the forthcoming meetings shows intended action starting with HF2400 the Omnibus E-12 Finance bill and ending with HF2125 Tax Conformity. ...
Apr 4, 2019
Minnesota Report Last night, Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) took an unprecedented move and delivered a State of the State Address during his first year in office and without the use of a teleprompter or fully written text. He told people he wanted to deliver his message...
Mar 29, 2019
Minnesota Report Yesterday, the final leg of the tripartite Proposed Budget Stool was released by the Republican Senate Majority. In their Proposed Budget Targets, they clearly are holding the line on any spending that exceeds a basic increase by the rate of...
