D.C. Memo: Many happy returns
Ceasefire in the Mideast, presidential tax returns and that Capitol “tour.”
National
Housing construction in Minnesota never really recovered after the Great Recession. Now federal policymakers are looking to give it a boost.
The Biden administration has called for spending $200 billion to increase the U.S. housing supply.
What the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Mississippi abortion case might mean for Minnesota
This is the first time the Court has agreed to hear an abortion case since the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, an opponent of abortion rights.
After a difficult year, here are five things Minnesota’s congressional delegation is doing to improve support for Americans’ mental health
From the deaths to the isolation to the disruption of routine, the pandemic took a toll on the mental health of many.
D.C. Memo: Tourists de force
Minnesota Republicans celebrate Cheney’s removal, revisionist history of the Jan. 6 insurrection and saying goodbye to a Minnesota newspaper legend.
Births declined by a record amount during the COVID-19 pandemic — what that might mean for Minnesota
The 4 percent drop in births in 2020 was the biggest decrease in the U.S. birth rate in more than a century.
Why the American Conservative Union — the group behind CPAC — rates Rep. Ilhan Omar slightly higher than Rep. Betty McCollum
Omar’s a frequent target for conservative attacks, but she actually earns a higher conservative rating from ACU than McCollum, who earned a perfect 0%.
In Biden infrastructure plan, advocates see opportunity to revive St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood with I-94 land bridge
The Reconnecting Communities Act would establish grants to address the “legacy of highway construction built through communities… that divided neighborhoods and erected barriers to mobility and opportunity.”
Biden, congressional Democrats push for George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by May 25
Biden had promised executive action on police accountability in the first 100 days of his presidency, but recently changed course to back legislation already making its way through Congress.
D.C. Memo: Take that, New York
Today in the memo: Biden addresses Congress; New York wants what we have; and the feds had a plan for Chauvin all along.
Five takeaways for Minnesota from the first round of Census numbers
Though more detailed data will be coming later this year, Monday’s population counts can tell states a lot about their political futures.
Could Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments about the Chauvin trial actually form the basis for an appeal of the verdict?
After closing arguments in the case, defense attorney Eric J. Nelson said Waters’s comments were “threats against the sanctity of the jury process.”
D.C. Memo: Policing the police
This week in the memo: The feds probe Minneapolis police, Biden calls for a huge cut in greenhouse gas emissions and saying goodbye to a Minnesota political icon.
Four things Congress is doing right now that address racial justice in the U.S.
As Minnesota and the nation grapples with the killing of Daunte Wright and the trial of Derek Chauvin, Congress has several actions at different stages that seek to improve racial equity in the U.S.
D.C. Memo: ‘Congress itself is the target’
New information from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Biden on the killing of Daunte Wright and some nice sights from the District.
Why Sen. Klobuchar is pushing a ‘Marshall Plan for Moms’
The plan calls for legislation addressing everything from child care funding to paid leave policies in an attempt to address longstanding problems facing mothers in the workforce, which have been made worse by the pandemic.
D.C. Memo: This memo is infrastructure too
On deck this week: Infrastructure is up for interpretation, the All-Star Game gets political and an attack at the U.S. Capitol.
D.C. Memo: Major problems
Today in the Memo: Minnesota delegation’s immigration views, superintendents grill Klobuchar on student well-being and a good dog with a bad record.
What’s in Democrats’ big election-reform bill and why they might be willing to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass it
H.R. 1 touches everything from redistricting to campaign finance to political advertising, and more.
D.C. Memo: D.C. statehood edition
D.C. statehood, gun control and a Minnesota vaccine passport connection.
