Then we need to commit more state money to providing all parents with the option of affordable all-day kindergarten for their children. How can states like Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi fund all-day kindergarten, while we in Minnesota do not? Despite our...
Minnesota is not alone. Republican and Democratic governors and legislators across the country are grappling with this crisis. The best of them are realizing, as my son, Eric’s, business school professor told him, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, and they are...
Last Thursday, Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) made his last State of the State address. After a number of jokes—which fell painfully flat—a speech by many accounts, existed as not more than a rehash of his last seven speeches, he put forward a proposal for the state’s...
Last week, during the state of the state address Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) laid out a fairly aggressive agenda. He called for a dramatic reform of the state funding formula for education, which results in a significant reduction in property taxes. He seeks a...
There were two specific times during the Governor Jesse Ventura’s (RP-MN) State of the State address that generated a visceral response from the elected officials present. The first point was when he pointed out directly that he was in conflict with the House...
