The attempt to override the first of the Governor’s Jesse Ventura (RP-MN) vetos from the last legislative session came in the form of a pro-World War II Veterans issue. The people in support of this group of people sought restoration of the funding for a Veteran’s...
Republican Party operatives are wondering out loud as to the state of the Republican Party this election due to endorsements of legislative candidates at various local party unit conventions. In three separate instances, delegates endorsed candidates not recommended...
The state teachers union has dusted off some of the survey forms they used during the last election cycle to remind people what their legislators committed to while running for election. The item in question is whether they had answered, yes, to the question of...
There is an issue House Republicans are interested in reevaluating and it is a portion of education funding called “Compensatory Aid.” There are at least two members who will have bills on the issue Reps Chris Gerlach (R-36A, Apple Valley) and Mark Buesgens (R–35B,...
A unique event happened last week in the annals of legislative campaign politics. KARE 11 featured a candidate challenging a first-term incumbent for a state House seat and this in the heat of the legislative session, not the dog days of summer. Last Friday, Kerri...
