Politics & Policy
“We have to assess what the best strategy is for building support for ultimate passage rather than try to rush something through before it is ready,” says DFL House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler. “Or creating a lot of opposition unnecessarily.”
State Government
The governor answers 10 questions (more or less) on the one-year anniversary (more or less) of being sworn in as the 41st governor of Minnesota.
State Government
Opponents of the five-year limit said that while they favor reform, the process for adopting it has been rushed.
Politics & Policy
Minnesota is likely to lose one of its eight seats in U.S. House after reapportionment, though there’s a slim chance the state could avoid that fate.
State Government
As 2019 closes, a look at every significant date in 2020 for politics in Minnesota (and beyond).
State Government
The deal struck to end the 2019 Legislature used $491 million out of Minnesota’s rainy day fund to keep the state’s books in the black, creating a precedent that budget writers will have to deal with going forward.
National
No state has a vote-by-mail start as early as Minnesota, said state DFL party chair Ken Martin, shortly after submitting the official list of candidates who will appear on the Democratic primary ballot — all 15 of them.
State Government
On Thursday, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission will hold a public hearing on a plan that will prevent judges from setting probation longer than five years except for those convicted of homicide and sex offenses.
State Government
Between now and Election Day, we’re keeping track of all the candidates for the Minnesota Legislature’s 201 seats.
State Government
Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead’s message to members of the Senate Health and Human Services committees: Things at the agency aren’t as good as they should be — but they also aren’t as bad as they’ve been portrayed.
Politics & Policy
If new council wards could be drawn and approved before the deadline for filing for city offices in 2021, there would be no need for council elections for two-year-terms — a scenario that’s possible if not entirely feasible.
Metro
The move has triggered alarm among environmental and transit activists.
Politics & Policy
At an event at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, said that while women are serving in greater numbers than ever, they still make up less than a third of Congress or members of state legislatures.
State Government
The parties are calling the shots when it comes to Minnesota’s 2020 presidential primary. So why is the state paying for it?
State Government
Minnesota Sen. Michelle Benson currently favors a plan that would have the state work with drug makers to import their own products from other countries — or offer the drugs at the same prices here as the companies charge in foreign markets.
