We are watching with great interest the Special Elections in Burnsville, Stillwater and Maple Grove. These are three suburban districts, which many expect the DFL to perform poorly. If as we expect there is an election in Bloomington this will be a focus as well....
Former Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek spoke at the legislature yesterday in favor of a constitutional amendment for the creation of a Heritage Enhancement Council authored by Rep Mark Holsten (R–56A, Stillwater). If the legislation and the amendment were to pass a...
Originally published February 10, 2000 State Senator Gary Laidig (R – 56, Stillwater) survived a disappointing weekend. The five-term incumbent failed to receive the endorsement from his fellow Republicans on Saturday. This was not an April Fool’s joke that was...
There have been a number of theatrics in the various Conference Committees. On Wednesday, Rep. Mark Holsten (R-56A, Stillwater) and company were not even taken seriously by the audience when they came into the committee room and said that the Senate was negotiating in...
Now that the session has official started lobbyist are scrambling to establish a rapport with the newly selected Committee Administrators. The list of people was not made official until the start of session. We had it earlier than that, but with all of the activity we...
