Community Voices
The divisions within the party are not new, but trace back to at least the 2016 Clinton-Sanders divide, and they are a lot deeper than policy, but also speak to strategy and tactics.
Community Voices
Fixing segregation demands a metrowide solution. Yet Minneapolis has acted on its own via its 2040 comprehensive plan to address historical discrimination.
Community Voices
There are several reasons for the increasing dysfunction in Minnesota politics, and they all played out in the 2019 session.
Community Voices
It is becoming clearer that “One Minnesota” has morphed into “Won Minnesota” and that the DFL strategy to move its agenda is premised less on consensus than on the belief that it won the 2018 elections and its agenda deserves to be enacted.
Community Voices
Assuming she’ll announce her candidacy on Sunday, perhaps Amy Klobuchar will defy the odds and win. One can wish her well. But an honest appraisal suggests the odds are against her.
Community Voices
While the focus going into the session has been Gov. Tim Walz’s plan to raise the gas tax to pay for long-term infrastructure maintenance to roads, bridges, and highways, four or five other taxes could shape the session and complicate the gas tax debate.
Community Voices
Is it time to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Minnesota? The answer may be yes, but when and how it is done in Minnesota is a critical issue.
Community Voices
Moreover, what the election demonstrated was how Minnesota served as a microcosm of national politics.
Community Voices
Once lies have been circulated, especially in a social media era, they are hard to correct, and evidence suggests deception travels more quickly and deeper than the truth.
Community Voices
The Constitution is proving to be able to address or anticipate many of the problems we are seeing. I do not see a constitutional crisis.
