Minnesota Legislature targeted for flipping
National organizations set sights on Minnesota’s House and Senate
Seven years in the Capitol
Julie Bartkey recalls covering highs and lows of the Minnesota Senate.
Lawmakers struggle to craft revenge porn bill
The bill addresses the deliberate distribution of pornographic images featuring unwilling subjects.
Crowded contest shaping up to replace Dill
Observers and participants are predicting a full DFL field in the effort to find Dill’s successor.
Committee OKs budget for Senate
Senate staff will get a 3 percent raise plus a one-time payment.
Carlson and Kahn: 42 years and counting
Lyndon Carlson and Phyllis Kahn won election to the Minnesota House in November 1972, the same night Nixon trounced his Democratic challenger, George McGovern.
Safe open seats draw out Republican candidates
This summer, the imminent departures of two Senate Republicans have inspired opposite reactions from potential suitors.
At Legislature, progressive politics at last
Members of both the Senate and the House were amenable to substantive and intellectual give and take in executing their public trust.
Flanagan ‘not putting the cart before the horse’ in 46A
DFLer Peggy Flanagan will appear alone on the ballot after her rival missed the deadline.
DFL dissension mounts over Bakk’s leadership
The liberal wing of the DFL caucus complains about process as well as policy.
Higher-ed bill one step in right direction
Without much fanfare in the recently adjourned 2015 legislative session, we joined the pack of 32 states with a specific higher-ed attainment goal written into state law.
Legislators stuck on the outside
Even legislators in dark on special session negotiations
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