Pogemiller was known at the State Capitol for his willingness to scrap. As Senate majority leader, he presided over budget and policy battles with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Hayden hopes to continue the Senate District’s progressive legacy.
His performance could be a sign of growing political engagement by the state’s Somali-American community.
“About 30″ Minnesota legislators are members of a controversial nonprofit that critics say allows corporate members to lobby lawmakers and write bills without disclosure, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s state chair, Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer.
After four decades at work in the state Senate, Linda Berglin is moving on.
A bill that proposes a ban on gay marriage on the 2012 ballot passed the Senate Rules Committee on Friday morning and will now head to the Senate floor for a full vote. During brief testimony, DFLers on the committee raised concerns about rushing the passage of such a contentious measure this year and about its possible unintended consequences for same-sex couples.
DFL legislators have introduced legislation to make 2C-E a Schedule One substance in Minnesota following the death of one teenager and the hospitalization of 10 others after ingesting the drug. The bill would list the substance along with illegal substances like heroin, LSD and ecstasy. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said earlier this week she will include 2C-E in a drug banning bill she introduced last week dealing with synthetic marijuana.
By any reasonable standard the Minnesota Sex Offender Program has been an unmitigated failure. In its nearly two decades, it has failed to rehabilitate a single patient. The only people who have graduated from the program have done so in body bags. Yet, since 2003, the program’s budget has ballooned by nearly 400 percent, from $18.5 million annually to $71.6 million.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken has it in for Brian Williams. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from Franken’s backing of a bill that would end tax breaks for pharmaceutical ads of the sort that pepper TV network…
In his State of the State speech earlier this month, Gov. Tim Pawlenty focused on the good news. He promised not to cut K-12 education funding. He vowed not to drop any children from state-backed health-insurance programs. The governor even proposed slashing taxes for corporations by 50 percent in order to spur job growth. Missing from the speech was any realistic assessment of what those proposals would mean for other areas of the state budget if enacted.
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