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Colleagues remember David Dill as House’s ‘quiet giant”
The entrepreneur and avid sportsman managed to ingratiate himself with a variety of political figures from different regions, ideologies and backgrounds.
Lobbyist’s suit says McNamara defamed her
Lobbyist Maryann Campo said she felt she had no choice but to defend her professional reputation.
Who won Legislature’s extra innings?
Discipline appears to have paid off for GOP caucus.
Kahn files ethics complaint against McNamara
At issue is a he-said, she-said web of accusations that both legislators have apparently perceived as threats of calculated political payback.
The Capitol Note: Federal HHS to audit MNsure
Another audit of MNsure has been teed up. This time, it's from the feds.
MPCA plan targets nitrogen runoff from farms
Minnesota used to be a wheat state. But the state agricultural scene has drifted dramatically in favor of soybean and corn crops, which these days yield a much more productive and profitable harvest for the state’s cropland.
Higher ed bill headed to Dayton’s desk
The House passed a higher education finance bill that increases spending by $250 million and freezes tuition for two years on 76-56 vote on Friday. Just three Republicans voted for the bill, sponsored by Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona.
House passes $15.7B education finance bill
K-12 education finance bills that account for roughly 40 percent of the state’s general fund spending are moving through the House and Senate floors this week.
Rep. Kelly: New civil unions bill would remove word ‘marriage’ from law
Kelly’s previous bill, which got a cold reception from gay marriage advocates earlier this month, added civil unions alongside any instance of the word marriage in state statute. His new proposal would eliminate marriage from the lawbooks and and enshrine civil unions in its place
Civil unions bill draws sharp reaction
Republican Rep. Tim Kelly is one of the last GOP legislators you’d expect to find on the bad side of gay marriage advocates. The three-term member from Red Wing is well-known for bucking his own caucus in 2011 as Republicans worked to pass a controversial constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
House lawmakers introduce bill to allow civil unions
Republican Rep. Tim Kelly introduced the proposal in a Capitol news conference on Wednesday, which would add civil union language in state law next to any mention of marriage. Kelly was joined by Republican Reps. Pat Garofalo, Andrea Kieffer and Denny McNamara. Rochester DFL Rep. Kim Norton has also signed on to the bill but was not at the news conference.
Gay marriage poses dilemma for GOP
For Branden Petersen, the past week has been, in his words, “unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.” It all started when the 27-year-old Republican senator from Andover told the Star Tribune that he’s likely to support a DFL effort to legalize gay marriage in 2013, just months after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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