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.
Eric Black Ink
Even if you believe he was biased, the impeachment inquiry no longer depends on anything the whistleblower wrote or whistled.
D.C. Memo
Impeachment hearings; farm aid; Amazon walkout; and more.
Good Jobs
DEED had more than double the amount of contract infractions DHS did. And the violations at both agencies mostly involved technical mistakes: No state money was actually spent before contracts were finalized or purchases were approved, say state officials.
Eric Black Ink
“The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his “ideas” almost idiotic,” Lewis wrote in “It Can’t Happen Here.”
Eric Black Ink
Obviously, you’re getting the news of the first day of the public House committee hearings on impeachment from a lot of sources, but I just wanted to note one thing that struck me while watching it, in which Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor (who comes across as a dream witness, in terms of credibility) […]
From Other Nonprofit Media
There is nothing requiring the senators to remain silent on the issues. No written law or rule instructs senators to take that approach.
Environment
The latest impaired waters list completes a 10-year research effort to collect data on Minnesota’s 80 watersheds.
Eric Black Ink
“Whatever Trump means by ‘America First,’ I would argue that promoting democracy, the rule of law, modernism and a globalized world is in the interest of the United States,” Stengel said.
State Government
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.
National
Stauber’s been willing to work with Democrats on legislation.
Politics & Policy
Lewis tells the story of Berzelius Windrip, known as Buzz, who is elected president in 1936 and transforms the United States into a totalitarian dictatorship.
MNopedia
By mid-1956, John’s Bar had lost its license, and 110 men and women had been convicted of violating the Mann Act.
