Minnesota Legislature

Aug 18, 2016

Minnesota Legislature targeted for flipping

National organizations set sights on Minnesota’s House and Senate

Sep 11, 2015

Seven years in the Capitol

Julie Bartkey recalls covering highs and lows of the Minnesota Senate.

Sep 10, 2015

Lawmakers struggle to craft revenge porn bill

The bill addresses the deliberate distribution of pornographic images featuring unwilling subjects.

Aug 19, 2015

Crowded contest shaping up to replace Dill

Observers and participants are predicting a full DFL field in the effort to find Dill’s successor.

Jul 29, 2015

Committee OKs budget for Senate

Senate staff will get a 3 percent raise plus a one-time payment.

Jul 17, 2015

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.

Jul 10, 2015

Safe open seats draw out Republican candidates

This summer, the imminent departures of two Senate Republicans have inspired opposite reactions from potential suitors.

Jul 8, 2015

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.

Jun 24, 2015

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.

Jun 12, 2015

DFL dissension mounts over Bakk’s leadership

The liberal wing of the DFL caucus complains about process as well as policy.

Jun 10, 2015

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.

Jun 5, 2015

Legislators stuck on the outside

Even legislators in dark on special session negotiations

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