As DFL party head, Ken Martin is bucking some longstanding traditions.
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Senate Minority Leader David Hann sees Sir Thomas More as “the patron saint of politicians and statesman.”
Read More »Back to school: Ellen Anderson finds a new home at U of M’s Energy Transition Lab
During her time in the Legislature, Anderson was known as an expert in renewable energy and authored seven major successful bills on the topic.
Read More »Kelby Woodard: A well respected man
A popular rising star in his caucus, Rep. Kelby Woodard, R-Belle Plaine, is leaving the Legislature after this term to launch a new Catholic high school for impoverished students in Dallas.
Read More »Ron Jerich: A Pal of the pols
Long-time lobbyist Ron Jerich is something of a Minnesota politics institution.
Read More »GOP Chair Keith Downey is a turnaround artist
He's worked to bring the party back from financial disaster, eviction from their headquarters and a credibility crisis to a place where they can think about scoring some wins.
Read More »Sort and deliver: A look inside MN’s Central Mail division
The Capitol Central Mail department processes and delivers incoming mail to an assortment of 23 state buildings.
Read More »Cynthia Bauerly: Off the DC treadmill
The former Federal Elections Commission chair has found a more peaceful and productive home at the Department of Revenue.
Read More »For the love of the game
Though no longer the Senate’s outspoken conservative populist, Dick Day has hardly gone silent.
Read More »A lobbyist? That and much more
Cristine Almeida brings a packed quiver of arrows to the Capitol as her firm juggles the needs of a dozen and a half clients during a typical legislative session.
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