Posted inNational As goes Minnesota’s Third District, so goes the nation? Where things stand with Dean Phillips’ challenge to Erik Paulsen by Sam Brodey 10/30/201802/06/2024
Posted inNational Congress’ big opioid bill is giving Democrats and Republicans something good to point to — even if it’s only a first step in fighting the crisis by Sam Brodey 10/09/201802/06/2024
Posted inNational Two major political handicappers find Minnesota’s Third District slipping out of Erik Paulsen’s grasp by Sam Brodey 09/20/201802/06/2024
Posted inPolitics & Policy Five takeaways from the NYT/Siena polls of Minnesota’s Third and Eighth Congressional Districts by Sam Brodey 09/10/201802/06/2024
Posted inPolitics & Policy Most politicians try to be everyone’s friend. But Dean Phillips is trying very, very hard. by Sam Brodey 08/28/201802/06/2024
Posted inPolitics & Policy ‘Independent voice’ or ‘rubber stamp’? In Minnesota’s U.S. House races, candidates will be both by Sam Brodey 08/21/201808/21/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy Rep. Erik Paulsen is the picture of a loyal Republican in the House. So why has he joined the revolt on immigration policy? by Sam Brodey 05/30/201802/06/2024
Posted inPolitics & Policy Permanently temporary: Liberian case demonstrates perils of relying on U.S. temporary immigration status by Sam Brodey 04/06/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy What a boring-sounding award reveals about the creative lengths to which lobbyists will go to influence members of Congress by Sam Brodey 02/22/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy With big spending bill, Congress signals era of austerity in Washington is over by Sam Brodey 02/09/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy How Republican tax reform eliminated special interest carve-outs — and created a bunch of new ones by Sam Brodey 01/17/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy Dreamers for a wall? Examining the possibilities for compromise in the immigration debate by Sam Brodey 01/11/2018
Posted inPolitics & Policy Why Trump’s latest travel ban may stick by Sam Brodey 09/28/201709/28/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Where things stand with the effort to allow mining near the Boundary Waters by Sam Brodey 09/15/201709/15/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy President who? Minnesota’s congressional Republicans and the trouble with talking about Trump by Sam Brodey 08/23/201708/23/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Dean Phillips wants to lead the Democratic challenge to Erik Paulsen. But what kind of Democrat is he? by Sam Brodey 05/17/201705/17/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Does the health care bill the House passed maintain protection for people with pre-existing conditions, or not? by Sam Brodey 05/11/201705/11/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Obamacare-repeal vote: What’s at stake for Minnesota’s House Republicans by Sam Brodey 03/24/201703/24/2017
Posted inPolitics & Policy Scenes from the ‘With or Without’ Erik Paulsen town hall (spoiler alert: it was without him) by Ibrahim Hirsi 02/24/201702/26/2017