Minnesota Report Last night in room 200 of the State Office Building, the joint committee of the House & Senate Higher Education Committees met to select their recommendations to the full legislature for four University of Minnesota Regents which included the...
If Republicans want to grow their party beyond fascistic angry white men and gray-haired people, they had better change their course regarding higher education. Our state has witnessed a dramatic shift in state support of public colleges, a shift in financial aid for...
On Tuesday, the Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance Committee Chaired by Bud Nornes (R-08A, Fergus Falls) met and considered HF2313 authored by Rep. Drew Christensen (R-56A, Savage) a UMN graduate, calling for a 1% tuition decrease in the state’s...
With eighteen days left in the 2016 legislative session, the endpoint looks murky at best. Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) always ready with the one-liners, which are most often pure platitudes, said on Monday, “We’re going to eat our vegetables...
In boxing, the determining factor in a fighter’s career is figuring out if he can take a punch, meaning after taking a shot to the head if he can get up and clear his shake off the cobwebs and perform and this is the situation for freshman Rep Jon Applebaum...
