Senate District 26 Special Election

It’s hard to argue a Special Election that retains a seat for a particular party as a bellwether or indicator of any forthcoming trend, but the opposite can be true. With the State of the Union Address, start of the legislative session and the 2010 elections pending...

Senate District 26 Special Election

It’s hard to argue a Special Election that retains a seat for a particular party as a bellwether or indicator of any forthcoming trend, but the opposite can be true. With the State of the Union Address, the start of the legislative session and the 2010 elections...

2003 Legislative Session Expectations

The legislative session opening is always ceremony and procedure.  Each body must elect its leadership for the forthcoming biennium and install the chamber officers.  Families join the new and returning legislators for the swearing-in ceremony and there rarely is any...

World Renown Praise

Feminists for Life of America recognized as a “Remarkable Pro-Life Woman,” Rep Mary Ellen Otremba (DFL – 11B, Long Prairie) in its winter edition of the American Feminist. The philosophy of the organization is a consistent position supporting justice and nonviolence...

Budget Numbers

Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe (DFL–02, Erskine) generated interest in the media at 11:15 am on Friday with his proposal to equally split $525 million between all three entities. The $525 dollar figure is still the $549 minus funding for Katie’s Law and the debt...