Consultant for CD1 candidate Munson faced allegations of sexual misconduct at previous employer
Justin Greiss left the group Young Americans for Liberty after allegations of sexual misconduct.
Politics & Policy
How the Minnesota GOP’s endorsement process pushes Republican candidates further to the right
Not since 1994 has a non-endorsed GOP candidate won Minnesota’s Republicans primary, which means candidates must cater to the most active and conservative party members — the 2,000 delegates who show up at the state convention.
Jeremy Munson could be the next Republican congressman from Minnesota’s 1st District. Why are so many Republicans trying to stop that from happening?
Munson is one of the front-runners in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn. But he also faces intense opposition from many of his fellow GOP legislators.
Bipartisan ‘framework’ includes billions for new spending, billions in tax cuts — and very, very few details
Unlike previous deals struck by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller, the agreement announced Monday puts the onus on committee chairs at the Legislature to work out many of the details.
Buffalo, N.Y. shooting puts pressure on Rep. Ilhan Omar to offer changes to bill aimed at fighting domestic terrorism
With Speaker Nancy Pelosi determined to win House approval of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act this week, talks began Monday with recalcitrant Democrats like Omar, who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District.
‘The same tired talking points’: Minnesota Republicans wrestle with how to appeal to more urban, suburban voters
A common theme at the state Republican convention was electability — how the party can win more votes in DFL-friendly Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs, where most voters don’t support many of the policies GOP candidates for governor have campaigned on.
‘Anytime, anywhere, anyone’: How Dakota County has expanded its mental health crisis services — and shifted away from police involvement
Dakota is showing other Minnesota counties how to implement the new law that requires 911 operators to refer calls involving mental health issues to crisis teams rather than to law enforcement.
Scott Jensen wins Republican endorsement for governor at dramatic state convention
Jensen, a one-term Minnesota state senator and family doctor who rose to national prominence as a critic of COVID-19 restrictions, prevailed over four other Republican candidates.
Minnesota GOP endorses Jim Schultz for AG, Kim Crockett for Secretary of State
The Republican convention is set to endorse a candidate for governor on Saturday.
What the latest campaign finance reports tell us about the race to fill Minnesota’s vacant CD 1 U.S. House seat
In the absence of independent polls, one picture we do have — and it’s a limited one — is fundraising.
Bipartisan plan for housing support for seniors, disabled and veterans still may not make it out of the Minnesota Legislature
The purpose is to help move people out of homeless shelters and to help transition people being released from treatment facilities.
D.C. Memo: A farewell to you all
Continued fallout from the SCOTUS leaked draft, some big endorsements for congressional districts and Emmer tries to protect freedom of speech.
Why Attorney General Keith Ellison is getting pushback at the Legislature for a plan to help prosecutors in Greater Minnesota
Ellison said the issue is “98 percent” about Republicans wanting to stymie a progressive attorney general, one who is expected to face a tough reelection campaign this fall.
Both Republicans and DFLers are proposing to change how Social Security is taxed in Minnesota. That’s where the similarities end.
Some lawmakers argue that Minnesota’s taxation of Social Security benefits contributes to retiree flight to states like Arizona and Florida.
Mental health bill seeks to help young Minnesotans in crisis
Suicide rates, which were stable from 2000 to 2007, rose nearly 60 percent by 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
One of Minnesota’s two cannabis legalization parties plans to police ‘bogus’ candidates in 2022 election
The push comes in response to the 2020 election, when Republican operatives recruited candidates to file for office under the banner of one of the state’s two marijuana parties — moves that likely siphoned votes away from some DFLers.
Minnesota telecom companies are seeking to block a controversial broadband developer from using $311 million in federal grants
Two trade groups have filed a petition with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission saying LTD Broadband will waste taxpayer time — and money — in the company’s bid to provide high speed broadband to roughly 160,000 people in the state.
Controversial and unchallenged: Why Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher looks to be cruising toward another term
Fletcher’s run-ins with other government officials over funding and his controversial “Live on Patrol” Facebook show are a feature, not a bug, of his appeal.
How the Legislature’s deal on pandemic worker bonuses and unemployment insurance got done
The deal appropriates $500 million to distribute bonuses to up to 667,000 frontline pandemic workers in Minnesota. But it also spends $2.7 billion to repay a federal loan and refill the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Walz vows to protect access to abortions in Minnesota; calls potential overturning of Roe v. Wade ‘dangerous,’ ‘dystopian’
The Minnesota Supreme Court has found that the state Constitution provides a right to abortion, but that could be reversed either by a future court or via a constitutional amendment.
