Free Newsletter
Session likely to pick up steam
observers Expect mid-May to be a flurry of for marathon floor sessions and vital late-night meetings to reach agreement.
Legislative session yields little drama so far
Roughly 12 weeks after it started, the legislative term remains a session in need of a theme.
Insiders get to know this year’s rookies
Some of the freshman class of legislators are making names for themselves at the legislature.
MNsure takes more heat in funding debate
Nearly two-thirds of MNsure’s fiscal year 2016 budget is directed at IT expenses, and just more than half is designated for “acceleration of IT development.”
Surplus is $1.9 billion: Now what?
Lawmakers spent week digesting economic forecast data and planning strategies for the looming budget battle.
Bill aims to take politics out of redistricting
A proposal would create a special redistricting commission made up of retired — and theoretically nonpartisan — judges to handle the redrawing task from start to finish.
DFL trust issues at the Capitol
The initially partisan battle over Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal to give raises to his state commissioners morphed into an intra-party struggle that leaves Dayton at odds with his fellow Democrats.
Three-way fight over state’s budget
Gov. Dayton's budget proposal shares few themes with the DFL Senate, let alone GOP House.
In frac sand debate, both sides remain dug in
The issue, which came to dominate portions of the 2013 legislative session, has resurfaced in a more subdued manner this year, and it remains to be seen if any substantive legislation might come up for consideration.
Contrasting agendas at the State Capitol
The priorities for both parties will have to take into account the two budgetary “whales in the bathtub:” K-12 education and health care.
Anderson leads drive to expand R&D tax benefits
Rep. Sarah Anderson's bills have received early — and positive — reviews from the Taxes Committee and its veteran leader, Greg Davids.
At the Capitol, is the bar losing sway?
The sum total of lawyer-lawmakers at the Capitol in 2015 is nearing historic lows--the fourth-smallest share since 1891.
Top News
- Judge invalidates Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries
- Minnesota Tax Court names Beverly Luther Quast chief judge
- Courts may deliver anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win
- Fredrikson goes all-out to support Special Olympics
- Court backs generic drugmaker in ‘skinny label’ patent case
- Justices back FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines
- Lawsuit alleges Pentagon censorship of Stars and Stripes newspaper
Expert Testimony
- Perspectives: Election litigation starting early in Minnesota
- Quandaries & Quagmires: ‘Dear Ethics Lawyer’ — A Resource for Ethics Training
- Best at Work Insights: AI alone can’t improve your company
- Perspectives: ‘Nuremberg’ movie has Minnesota legal links
