Preliminary List of Conferees

This morning on the floor of the Senate, Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo) named the initial Senate appointees to the respective budget bill conference committees. In the early lists, only four DFLers are sitting on the various spending bill conference...

Legislative Leaders Response to the 2011 Revenue Forecast

The Republicans going first started with House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R-32B, Maple Grove), Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo), House Majority Leader Matt Dean (R-52B, Dellwood) and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Geoff Michel (R-41, Edina) who stood...

Republican Response to Dayton Budget

During our trek from the Harold Stassen Building, which houses the Department of Revenue over to the Republican Press Conference at the State Capitol, we tweeted the following: Expected Republican response to Dayton MN highest income tax in nation sings the song...

Various Responses to Dayton’s 1st State of the State Address

GOP Legislative Leaders House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R-32B, Maple Grove) and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo) spoke to reports shortly after Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) finished his speech. The two agreed in their statements on the direction Dayton took...