A bill offered by Minnesota Republicans would have the state condemn the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The bill’s language comes directly from ParentalRights.org, a subsidiary of the Home School Legal Defense Association, which is also responsible for Generation Joshua, a program that enlists Christian children to campaign for Republican candidates.
Members of the DFL House caucus chastised Republicans Tuesday for introducing legislation in the House that would eliminate the 1984 Pay Equity Act. At a press conference, Democrats said the law is still necessary to ensure women are paid the same as men in local government units. But just as they were rallying against the bill, Republican Sen. Mike Jungbauer introduced a bill — the third GOP bill on the issue — to repeal the law in the Senate.
The GOP State Convention is underway and dominating the local Twitterverse — follow along at #mngop10 — with more than a few people noting the irony of the Republicans’ repeated use of anti-war songs between speakers. One,…
When state Sen. Michael Jungbauer announced in August that he was running for governor, he stated that God was calling on him to seek the state’s top office. Apparently God had a change of heart.
The Republican from East…
No Republican contenders in the 2010 gubernatorial contest — except environmental activist Leslie Davis — believe in global warming, according to a report from Minnesota Public Radio. Perhaps most strident is state Sen. Mike Jungbauer (East Bethel), who told…
Two years ago it was an in-kind gift of model airplanes that came back to bite state Sen. Mike Jungbauer. Over the weekend, it was a bat.
State Rep. Tom Rukavina tried to announce his 2010 run for governor at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic in Duluth but got the bum’s rush from organizers who said speaking slots were filled with locals. So Rukavina…
About global warming, state Sen. Mike Jungbauer says bring it on. Not climate change itself, but challenges to his position on the issue: he figures the Earth is cooling. Announcing his bid for governor Saturday, the East…
B. Todd Jones is back as Minnesota’s U.S. attorney. The man who once hired Rachel Paulose (according to the Pioneer Press) returns to his Clinton-era post as the state’s top federal prosecutor. He’s one of the
Carl Walker-Hoover, an 11-year old charter school student from Massachusetts, took his own life last week after incessant taunting by fellow students. His story served as an example of the eminent danger some students face as the Minnesota Senate debated — and passed on Thursday — a measure to guide school districts in addressing bullying. It’s a measure that Senate Republicans vociferously opposed.
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