D.C. Memo: Making it Minnesota awkward
Biden trading Republicans in infrastructure deals; calls for more Minnesota police investigations and the power of $300.
Ashley Hackett
Ashley Hackett is MinnPost’s Washington, D.C. correspondent. You can reach her at ahackett@minnpost.com or follow her on Twitter at @byashleyhackett.
Why U.S. Marshals were involved in the death of Winston Smith. And why there isn’t any body camera footage of the shooting.
Smith was killed as members of a U.S. Marshals task force attempted to arrest him over a firearms warrant.
Why Rep. Ilhan Omar wants to repeal a U.S. law that’s been on the books for more than two centuries
The Alien Enemies Act, first aimed at suspected French-sympathizers during the Adams administration, has been used to justify everything from Japanese internment to Trump’s travel ban.
D.C. Memo: What happened and why
Trump’s short life as a blogger, the January 6 commission controversy and a Minnesota political power family.
D.C. Memo: What’s changed?
Reporting on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death; Rep. Pete Stauber calls Donald Trump back to Minnesota; and some drama at the southern border.
With Canada’s border restrictions still in place, Northwest Angle remains off limits to tourists
As COVID-19 restrictions lift in much of the U.S., business owners in this isolated part of the U.S. remain hobbled by the closure of the Canadian border. As one resident put it, “the rest of the country’s opening up and we’re getting robbed of more of our lives.”
D.C. Memo: Many happy returns
Ceasefire in the Mideast, presidential tax returns and that Capitol “tour.”
Housing construction in Minnesota never really recovered after the Great Recession. Now federal policymakers are looking to give it a boost.
The Biden administration has called for spending $200 billion to increase the U.S. housing supply.
What the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Mississippi abortion case might mean for Minnesota
This is the first time the Court has agreed to hear an abortion case since the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, an opponent of abortion rights.
After a difficult year, here are five things Minnesota’s congressional delegation is doing to improve support for Americans’ mental health
From the deaths to the isolation to the disruption of routine, the pandemic took a toll on the mental health of many.
D.C. Memo: Tourists de force
Minnesota Republicans celebrate Cheney’s removal, revisionist history of the Jan. 6 insurrection and saying goodbye to a Minnesota newspaper legend.
Minnesota activists and congressional delegation respond to escalating violence in Mideast
Protesters demonstrated in Minneapolis in support of Palestinians on Tuesday, as several Jewish organizations expressed solidarity with Israel.
Births declined by a record amount during the COVID-19 pandemic — what that might mean for Minnesota
The 4 percent drop in births in 2020 was the biggest decrease in the U.S. birth rate in more than a century.
Why the American Conservative Union — the group behind CPAC — rates Rep. Ilhan Omar slightly higher than Rep. Betty McCollum
Omar’s a frequent target for conservative attacks, but she actually earns a higher conservative rating from ACU than McCollum, who earned a perfect 0%.
D.C. Memo: Blogging like it’s 2007
Trump starts blogging, a guilty Minnesota Boogaloo Boi, and calls for even more child care support.
In Biden infrastructure plan, advocates see opportunity to revive St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood with I-94 land bridge
The Reconnecting Communities Act would establish grants to address the “legacy of highway construction built through communities… that divided neighborhoods and erected barriers to mobility and opportunity.”
Biden, congressional Democrats push for George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by May 25
Biden had promised executive action on police accountability in the first 100 days of his presidency, but recently changed course to back legislation already making its way through Congress.
D.C. Memo: Take that, New York
Today in the memo: Biden addresses Congress; New York wants what we have; and the feds had a plan for Chauvin all along.
Five takeaways for Minnesota from the first round of Census numbers
Though more detailed data will be coming later this year, Monday’s population counts can tell states a lot about their political futures.
Could Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments about the Chauvin trial actually form the basis for an appeal of the verdict?
After closing arguments in the case, defense attorney Eric J. Nelson said Waters’s comments were “threats against the sanctity of the jury process.”
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