The Power of the Suburbanites in the House

Minnesota Report There is great diversity in the state House and it is evident in the largest regional delegation of Suburbanites. Depending on how one counts a suburban district, the DFL House Majority of 75 is made up of a majority of seats in suburbia. With both...

Cannabis Parties Have Limited Capacity, But Also Opportunities

Minnesota Report We attended an event on Sunday entitled Model Legislation Forum. We listen closely to the group which was represented as a coalition of Minnesota Campaign for Full Legalization, Marcus Harcus, Sensible Minnesota 501 (c) (3), Marren Schroeder, Sensible...

MN House Announces Committee Membership 2019-20

The MN House announced the membership for its legislative committees after business hours on Friday. 8:00am – 9:30am   State Gov Finance Division Taxes Capital Investment Division Subcommittee On Corrections Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division Housing...

Minnesota Was One Heartbeat Away From Being Wisconsin or Michigan

Here is food for thought or a DFL Doomsday Scenario granted its a little morose. What if  Minnesota had faced a situation where Governor Mark Dayton’s (DFL-MN) health failed during the late stages of the election. As we now know he was hospitalized. If Dayton had...

Trump’s Increased Deportation of Immigrant Americans

Minnesota could be dramatically affected by the stepped-up activity of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by direction of Donald J Trump (R) and this issue warrants serious corrective action in Congress. Here is a press release from the incoming DFL...

Walz Administration Starts to Take Shape

Yesterday, the first selections for the Governor-elect Tim Walz and Lt Governor Peggy Flanagan (DFL-MN) were announced. Revenue Commissioner Myron Franz will continue in his current role, former House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis) will head the...

Committee Membership in the House

We like other legislative observers are awaiting the membership of the House legislative committees. The shift to the DFL Majority shows a different alignment and areas of interest.  We understand the DFL Majority is still waiting for the requests from the Republican...

Announcement of Asian Pacific Caucus

The 2018 election will bring the total of Asian Pacific Community legislative members up from 2 to 6 and they will seek opportunities to coalesce and share knowledge with fellow members.  We received this press release. Slate of newly elected Asian American state...

St Paul City Council Seeks Interim Member

The announcement of St Paul City Council member by Dan Bostrom’s (Ward 6, DFL-St Paul) early retirement didn’t come as a surprise to us, we asked about such an occurrence from his staff Scott Renstrom and received a political answer and suggestion we speak with the...