Progress Toward a Special Session

Minnesota Report Throughout the day we have been receiving notice of hearings for each respective side on a specific bill, but not for the full Conference Committee to have a public hearing. Yesterday and today, leadership has stepped in, mainly on the House side to...

2019 Budget Agreement

Last night, Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN), House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DF_36B, Brooklyn Park) and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-09, Nisswa) announce a budget agreement for the 2020-21 legislative session. What we found most interesting was Gazelka’s...

The Final Legislative Agreement 2008

Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis), House Majority Leader Tony Sertich (DFL-05B, Chisholm), Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller (DFL-59, Minneapolis), Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl...