The state’s reputation as a vanguard in political ethics is largely dead, producing problems such as the budget impasses and shutdowns we have seen in the last few years, and which again loom larger and larger this year.
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Tomassoni’s post with Range group draws fire
Chisolm DFLer David Tomassoni faces the potential for conflict of interest as a state official receiving a salary from a group that lobbies the state.
Read More »It’s always election season for some lawmakers
House and Senate panels will focus on voting rules and election finance among other things.
Read More »Gulf in fundraising for judicial candidates
In the Supreme Court races, the incumbents had sizeable fundraising leads over their challengers.
Read More »Filling the GOP dollar gap
A new crop of conservative fundraising organizations have appeared over the last 18 months to build on existing mainstay groups geared up help candidates and causes.
Read More »Uneven compliance, weak penalties
A total of 22 legislative candidates and two candidates for constitutional office have failed to file campaign disclosure statements by the required deadline.
Read More »Board hits DFL’s Senate caucus unit with $100K fine
In 2012, the DFL and 13 of its Senate candidates benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely classified independent expenditures that in fact were paid for by the party.
Read More »Rep. Steve Smith now owes $1,400 in campaign finance fines
State Rep. Steve Smith still hasn't filed his pre-primary campaign finance report. The 11-term incumbent, who was trounced in a GOP primary contest last month, now owes $1,400 in fines stemming from the failure to turn in his paperwork to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
Read More »Republican Party units losing cash race so far this year
Republican legislative leaders face challenges in amassing a suitable war chest due to both a well-fortified traditional DFL donor base and a state Republican Party that is financially imperiled.
Read More »State GOP confronts debt load heading into 2012
On Saturday Republicans will gather in Bloomington for a meeting of the party’s State Central Committee. Among the agenda items for the roughly 350 delegates: electing a new deputy chair and approving the party’s 2012 budget.
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