Obamacare: It’s not news when the train doesn’t wreck
There have been some interesting developments in recent weeks that lead one to believe that strong, proactive management of health insurance exchanges by states can lead to positive results.
Sean Olsen
Which tax provisions will survive?
Much of the Governor’s proposal ends up serving as a middle ground between the legislative proposals.
How to go the right way on legislator pay
Here’s three specific reforms we should get in return for opening the door to increasing legislative salaries.
Looking for a Republican suburban woman: Why not Ortman?
Ortman’s resume — in the Senate over a decade, former Deputy Majority Leader, a caucus leader on tax and legal issues — stacks up comparably against many of the other named contenders.
Don’t make fun of ‘carpet stewardship’
Big Government’s not coming to tax your Dyson. It’s attempting to deal with a real issue that can impact our environmental quality.
One attempt at a Plan C: Brick City Budget
During his State of the State address a couple of weeks ago, Governor Mark Dayton asked for critics of his budget plan to come up with their own “Plan C.”
Setting the record straight on business taxes again
On taxes, Minnesota continues to be below the national average, and slightly ahead of neighboring states like South Dakota and Wisconsin.
2013 legislative to-do list
The top 4 areas the newly-minted Democratic majorities should look at as their top priorities.
Elites agree: It’s time for you and your kids to pay for their failures
The elite agenda for “fixing” our economy calls for significant doses of sacrifice from the middle class and working poor and precious little sacrifice from them.
Popping the bubble: more data that bursts commonly-held GOP tax beliefs
A new Congressional Research Service study shows that as the tax rate increases, GDP growth is unaffected.
Obama Administration takes step to substantially reduce the number of abortions
In a few decades we may look back and realize that President Barack Obama took the most concrete step of any President in the Roe v. Wade era towards reducing the occurrence of abortion.
Why are so many students open enrolling out of District 112?
A look at the impacts of open enrollment on the schools in the Eastern Carver County School District (District 112).
Killing it softly: Republicans and the Vikings stadium
While many legislators don’t want to vote for a stadium, they also don’t want to get tagged with the blame if (when) the team leaves town.
Carver County GOPer loves recycling — at least when it comes to discredited talking points
The worst part about these consistent attempts by Beaudette (and others) to recycle these stories is that they know by now that these stories are false. Yet they keep repeating them.
The Stretch Run: looking at education bills in the Legislature
Let’s take a look at some of the important legislation in education, and what the last couple of weeks of the session may mean.
Shaky foundation for new Vikings stadium?
This state can’t afford to have critical investments in education, health care, public safety and transportation jeopardized by uncertainty about electronic pulltab revenues.
Brick City Blog: Strib’s doctor discipline story fails to connect the dots
The inevitable result of the failure of the Board of Medical Practice to adequately discipline doctors is more injured patients and more medical malpractice expense.
