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Kevin Featherly, who joined BridgeTower Media in mid-2016, is a journalist and former freelance writer who has covered politics, law, business, technology and popular culture for publications and websites in the Twin Cities and nationally since the mid-1990s.

Corrections seeks $63M for prison projects

Kevin Featherly February 22, 2018 Leave a comment

Among the Department of Corrections’ bonding requests presented to senators Wednesday was $16.2 million for plumbing and ventilation improvements at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud, above. (AP photo: St. Cloud Times)

Request includes money to add 105 beds at Lino Lakes, Willow River

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Bar Buzz: Mahnomen County Drug Court gets Judicial Council nod

Kevin Featherly February 22, 2018 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Judicial Council has granted final approval to a White Earth Nation-Mahnomen County drug court, the Judicial Branch announced Thursday. Officially named the Healing to Wellness Drug Court, it is a partnership between state, local and tribal governments. Its ...

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Why are there so few mandatory minimums for firearms?

Kevin Featherly February 21, 2018 Leave a comment

Supporters of Moms Demand Action, a group advocating stricter gun laws, rally outside the Minnesota House Chamber on Tuesday in St. Paul. They called on lawmakers to expand background checks and resist efforts to ease the state's existing gun laws after the school shooting in Florida last week that killed 17 students and teachers. (AP photo: Jim Mone)

Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy worries sentencing may be lax

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Capitol Retort: Fischbach wins, voters’ message, school shootings

Kevin Featherly February 21, 2018 Leave a comment

Michelle Fischbach attends a hearing Feb. 6 in the lawsuit challenging her ability to serve as both senator and lieutenant governor. (AP pool photo: Star Tribune)

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Tagged with: Capitol Retort

Bar Buzz: Fischbach gavels in start of the Senate’s 2018 legislative session

Kevin Featherly February 21, 2018 Leave a comment

(Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

While the lieutenant governor ceremonially gavels in the start of legislative sessions, Fischbach was not acting as lieutenant governor

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Leaders expect another Fischbach lawsuit

Kevin Featherly February 16, 2018 Leave a comment

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa, Gov. Mark Dayton, and House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, appear happy together at the annual pre-session briefing hosted by Forum News Service on Tuesday. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Lawmakers, governor also weigh in on continuing appropriations

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Bills offer glimpse into lawmakers’ wish lists

Kevin Featherly February 15, 2018 Leave a comment

St. Cloud Reps. Jim Knoblach and Tama Theis have proposed a bill modifying the description of a St. Cloud prison project, which has included a new health services unit and other improvements. The bill extends the $18 million allocation approved in 2014 and allows any still-unspent money to be used in building and equipping a new intake unit and loading dock. This Aug. 25, 2017, photo shows Security Captain Dean Weis near some cells during a tour of the facility. (AP file photo: St. Cloud Times)

A lawyer-centric sampling of the 161 House bills introduced so far

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Capitol Retort: Budget hurdle, spending autopilot, 33-33 Senate?

Kevin Featherly February 15, 2018 Leave a comment

House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park (second from right), surprised some attending last week’s Fredrikson & Byron Legislative Session Outlook by suggesting Democrats might not support re-passage of the legislative budget if state employee contracts are not approved. Also seated at the leadership table are, from left, Deputy Senate Majority Leader Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, and House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Crown. The panel’s moderator, journalist Mary Lahammer, stands at the lectern. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Tagged with: Capitol Retort

Lawmaker pitches continuing resolutions

Kevin Featherly February 15, 2018 Leave a comment

Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans jokes with lawmakers Feb. 8 during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting. Frans urged legislators to pass budgets on time rather than adopt new policy to allow for continuing budget resolutions that would keep large parts of government open during impasses but delay final budget deals. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly )

Bill would put government funding on autopilot during impasses

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Michelle Fischbach constituent’s lawsuit tossed

Kevin Featherly February 13, 2018 Leave a comment

In effect, Judge John H. Guthmann’s ruling says that Sauk Center DFL activist Destiny Dusosky lacks standing to bring a lawsuit seeking Michelle Fischbach’s removal from the state Senate and that the court lacks jurisdiction to decide it, at least as things now stand. Guthmann is shown presiding over a hearing in the case Feb. 6. (AP pool photo: Star Tribune)

Judge: Voter lacks standing to seek ouster from Senate

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