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

If it gets signed into law, its author says, a bill passed unanimously by the Senate on Monday would be the state’s first major data-privacy legislation in about six years.

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

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

The pressure to reboot an economy that has flat-lined is understandable. But how did Rep. Cal Bahr’s statement strike your ears?

First responders infected with COVID-19 need not prove that their illness resulted from the job, now that a bill naming the conditional as presumptively work-related has passed into law.

John Hinderaker, in a blog post, argues that COVID-19 deaths are “fractions of a normal flu season” and that coronavirus deaths could one day equal flu numbers, which were “barely a news story.” Is he right?

The president refers to the federal government as a “backup” to states. What do you think about the how he’s handling things?

Is the Democracy-dies-in-darkness war cry justified in these dire circumstances?

Sen. Paul Gazelka, while noting that these times call for difficult decisions, expressed public concern that Gov. Tim Walz’s leadership “should not be unilateral and unchecked.”