Senate Swing Vote

Feb 2, 1998

Many references have been made to Sen. John Marty’s (DFL) SD 54, troubles within his committee on Election Laws. That trend continues this legislative session. The committee is considering the Unicameral Legislature bills. By all appearances Sen. Mark Ourada (R)...

Unicameral This

Jan 12, 1998

Discussions about the Unicameral Legislature are doused with a bit of irony. Scenario: the State House passes a Unicameral bill. The State Senate passes a Unicameral bill. Each bill is somewhat unique. The bills go to conference committee where they die....