In the Hopper: GOP Senate, DFL House list their priorities

Kevin Featherly January 10, 2019 Leave a comment

New Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan gavels in the Minnesota Senate on Jan. 8, heralding the start of the 2019 legislative session. Flanagan, 39, is a citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe who served in the Minnesota House from 2015 to 2018. She told reporters last week that she plans to reshape the office of the lieutenant governor by building on the template established by former Gov. Mark Dayton and former Lt. Gov. Tina Smith. With Gov. Tim Walz at her side Monday, she described herself as the new governor’s “top adviser.” She has already had an impact, playing a key role in the selection of all the new agency commissioners during the transition. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

The House being twice as large the Senate, DFLers listed exactly twice as many priority bills — 10 to the Senate’s five.

Capitol Retort: Get ’er done, felon voting, Bambi-oozled

Kevin Featherly January 9, 2019 Leave a comment

State Rep. Jeanne Poppe, left, D-Austin, joins Minnesota House colleagues with hands raised to take the oath of office as the 2019 Legislature convened Tuesday in St. Paul. (AP Photo: Jim Mone)

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

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The moral arc of Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro

Zac Farber January 3, 2019 Leave a comment

U.S. Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro, a bureaucrat who played a crucial role in the seizure of Native American land in the Upper Mississippi Valley in the 1830s, came to deplore the “rascality and frauds permitted by the treaty making power generally.”

Breaking the Ice: Real estate practice brings tangible results

Todd Nelson January 3, 2019 Leave a comment

Christine Eid negotiates sales, purchases, leases and other real estate agreements at Stinson Leonard Street. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

Seeing development projects take shape or checking out a client’s new store are a big part of what Stinson Leonard Street partner Christine Eid likes about her real estate practice.

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Breaking the Ice: Engineer-turned-attorney specializes in patent work

Todd Nelson December 28, 2018 Leave a comment

Vadim Braginsky said joining a general practice firm such as Cozen O’Connor enables him to offer “holistic advice that’s more closely tied to clients’ business interests.” (Submitted photo)

Vadim Braginsky, who last month joined Cozen O’Connor’s Minneapolis office, credits his wife with spurring his transition from electrical engineer to attorney specializing in intellectual property and patents.

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