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GOP shifts committee power outstate
Critics claim the new committee structure is cynical at best — as Republicans look to curry favor with the outstate districts that flipped in their direction on Election Day — and risky at worst, leaving the state’s most populous areas fighting for elbow room at the negotiating table.
Peppin: ‘We did a better job of speaking to Minnesota’
Incoming House Majority Leader Joyce Peppin puts premium on communication.
Flipping the House
Tuesday's election is on track to give Republicans a 72-60 majority in the lower chamber, and would signal a near-reversal of the 73-61 majority Democrats won in 2012.
All eyes on the House
Will the Republican Party of Minnesota overcome recent struggles and wrest back control of the lower chamber, thus ending the state’s two-year experiment with single-party control?
Thissen: ‘People see we’re making progress’
The Minnesota House speaker is confident the DFL will retain the majority even though conservatives are hopeful of their odds to regain control after two years.
Governor promotes record on economy, education
Gov. Mark Dayton sits down with Capitol Report to discuss perceived strengths of his campaign for re-election.
Report: Property tax cut biggest in 12 years
Liberal think tank Minnesota 2020 released its analysis of property taxes trends Tuesday.
And the gavel goes to …
If the GOP takes the House, members will need to pivot quickly into governing mode.
Kahn, Loon coast against activist challengers
Two legislative mainstays win primary election challenges as voters appear to be in no mood to stir things up.
Businesses brace for minimum wage impacts
The new state law creates a five-tiered system that ramps up the minimum wage over the next three years.
Who at the Capitol has zeal for Twitter?
Some lawmakers embrace the popular social medium; others ignore it.
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
