As presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama will need to heal the rift between his supporters and the faction that voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. But one person he won’t need to immediately reach out…
The giant international management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., which charted the restructuring effort of Minneapolis city government known as Focus Minneapolis earlier this decade, has lately turned its attention to the Minneapolis Public Schools.…
Saying that “The economy in our country is under great strain,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed a sales tax cut of one-eighth percent on Friday as part of his supplemental budget proposal.
The move is something of a surprise,…
Pro-choice activists rallied at the State Capitol rotunda on Tuesday in support of abortion rights and comprehensive sex education. The rally, part of Pro-Choice Lobby Day, drew the DFL leadership from both legislative bodies, along with activists and other legislators.…
A bill seeking to recover up to half of the current shortfall in state transportation funding is up for a veto override vote today.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed the bill, which passed with a large bipartisan majority in the House,…
The UpTake gauges DFL Senate candidates’ support through the precise science of applause at recent debates. Burying the needle on The UpTake-o- Meter Tuesday night was Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, but UT’s Michael McIntee clarifies that the venue, Minneapolis’ Roosevelt…
Four DFLers seeking their party’s nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman debated Tuesday evening before an audience of several hundred that filled the Roosevelt High School auditorium in South Minneapolis.
The four — comedian Al Franken, attorney Mike…
This weekend marks one February 29th-enhanced year until the 2008 elections, and the DFL, its candidates, and left-leaning groups are working hard to ignite the grassroots to match an already impressive fundraising lead over the Republicans.
In association with the…
Editor’s Note: Matt Martin writes a column twice monthly on the 1st and 15th (he’s 2 days early). This article is cross-posted at MNpublius.
With this session’s most politically tenuous piece of major legislation finally hitting the Governor’s desk,…
Minnesota Senate President James Metzen, DFL-South St. Paul, was arrested early Tuesday morning for drunken driving.
Metzen, who had hours earlier presided over the close of the 2008 legislative session, failed a field sobriety test, and his…
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