State Government
Who’s running for the Minnesota Legislature in 2020
Between now and Election Day, we’re keeping track of all the candidates for the Minnesota Legislature’s 201 seats.
Peter Callaghan
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State Government
DHS head says agency cleaning up issues ‘that go back 10 or 20’ years
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
Could Minneapolis avoid an election for two-year council terms in 2021? Maybe, but only by moving quickly
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
Hennepin County just gave itself the option of using a transit-focused tax for roads and bridges
The move has triggered alarm among environmental and transit activists.
Politics & Policy
Speaker: Yes, 2018 was a good year for women in politics. No, that doesn’t mean American politics is equitable.
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
Whose 2020 Minnesota presidential primary is it, anyway?
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 lawmaker drafting plan to allow importation of prescription drugs
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.
State Government
The wrath of Kahn? Why Minneapolis City Council members will have to run for two-year terms in 2021
The so-called Kahn Rule, named after former state Rep. Phyllis Kahn, requires Minneapolis to hold elections soon after the census-driven redistricting of City Council wards, and it changes a fundamental feature of city politics: that all city offices are on the ballot at the same time.
State Government
Does the Minnesota secretary of state get to decide what information about voters is public?
That’s the question at the heart of a case now before the Minnesota Supreme Court.
State Government
Expert: Recreational marijuana in Minnesota could bring in $300 million in taxes
That was the estimate offered Wednesday by a Denver-based marijuana industry consultant who keynoted a Minneapolis conference on the impacts of legalization business and government.
