The five best things about Dayton’s budget
Dayton took on the most powerful special interests in order to fix Minnesota’s chronic structural budget deficit problem. Recent Minnesota Governors haven’t had the guts to do that.
Joe Loveland
The Battle of the Bachmanniacs: Mercenaries versus missionaries
When push comes to shove, Michele Bachmann may be more like the raw power brokers in DC than many suspect.
The anti-amendment amendment lives
Rep. Kim Norton appears ready to offer an amendment making it harder to amend the Minnesota Constitution.
Visions from the ghost of Minnesota past: The 95,000 Minnesotans saved by Mark Dayton
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard shows what Minnesota would have been like if conservative gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer had defeated Mark Dayton in 2010.
Can Minnesota leaders stop the death of the American Dream?
If the new DFL-controlled Legislature dares to raise the minimum wage, strengthen the social safety net or make the state tax system more progressive, perhaps it is in the cause of something noble.
How in the world did Minnesota GOPers screw up their golden opportunity?
Was the bigger problem the quality of GOP candidates, or was it the ideas and values they espoused?
Could gay rights turnout operation sink the first pro-gay marriage president in history?
To win, marriage rights supporters need amendment opponents to vote — even Republican opponents.
Was the Brodkorb firing just a ‘palace coup?’
Beyond Brodkorb’s assertion of a ‘palace coup’, my guess is that there were multiple motives behind Brodkorb’s firing.
Minnesota’s government spending is neither ‘skyrocketing’ nor ‘slashed,’ but it is insufficient
Divided government has produced a remarkably flat price of state and local government for Minnesotans, hovering right around 15% of average annual income.
Romney is correct about Americans being government-dependent
Romney was right to say 47% of Americans are dependent on government. He just understated the claim by 53%.
Bills’ Minnesota currency proposal: Change we can believe in?
Despite the naysayers, the prospect of having a cool new state currency raises many creative possibilities for Minnesotans.
Pawlenty and Romney both benefit from third party luck
Tim Pawlenty never would have been a two-term Governor, and subsequently on the verge of being nominated to be a heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world, without a lot of help from third parties.
Why aren’t healthy, wealthy and wise Minnesotans happier?
Minnesota, with its vaunted “quality of life” — third in the recently released “Well-Being Index!” — is a much less jolly place than many of us like to think.
Minnesota health system needs Obamacare too
Let’s not delude our exceptional selves: Minnesota needs the private insurance mandate too.
What exactly do Minnesota Republicans have against Minneapolis?
There is something about Minneapolis that disproportionately irks Minnesota Republicans.
Democrips, Rebloodlicans and the Venturattentionaddict
What shocking news does Jesse’s new book bring to the world? Jesse dislikes political parties.
Will changes among religious Minnesotans make the difference in Minnesota’s gay marriage vote?
Increasingly, religious Minnesotans the proposed marriage ban amendment.