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...
Mar 26, 2019
Minnesota Report 2:40 p.m. Update: The House just released a Governor and House comparison. 2019 Budget House-Gov spending & revenue comparisons_1 Yesterday, the Minnesota House Majority put forward their 2020-21 Budget Targets. House Speaker Melissa Hortman...
Mar 25, 2019
Minnesota Report On Friday, Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) met with reporters to field questions after unveiling his newly revised budget in a reflection of the February Revenue Forecast, which projected $492 million less in revenue for 2019-20. The revised budget called...
Mar 22, 2019
Minnesota Report With the February Revenue Forecast projecting $492 million less than in November, today Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) will be announcing adjustments to his budget. We understand the initial reception was met with some trepidation in the MNSCU system and...
Mar 19, 2019
National Report With the current list of 2020 Democratic candidates being sixteen long, with at least one more (former Vice-President Joe Biden) waiting in the wings, the activities for winnowing the field will be quite strenuous. The ability for any candidate to...
Mar 19, 2019
National Report One theme we would like to see discussed is the end of septuagenarians as Presidential candidates. The United States should respect it’s elderly, but we have all seen the costs born by people who hold the office, and how they age before our eyes. The...
Mar 19, 2019
National Report Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) entered the Presidential field with quite a splash, but he also has a backdrop. Because we are nearly 11 months before the start of the 2020 Presidential cycle we will see if his candidacy gains traction or...
Mar 19, 2019
Minnesota Report It is true elections have consequences, and that no election is like another, but the value of holding an election certificate empowers one to make every decision in light of a series of factors when casting a vote. One fact, the one-person in control...
