Rep. Keith Downey Named to Co-Chair the House Small Business Caucus
ST. PAUL—State Representative Keith Downey (District 41A, Edina) has been named a co-chair of the bipartisan Minnesota House of Representatives Small Business Caucus. The group of legislators from around the state has convened to improve the state’s overall environment for small [...]
The Legislators are eager to actually do something to earn their per diems so they are throwing out all sorts of ways to spend more money. Yes, the very same Government that is headed straight for another huge budget deficit, is falling over itself bragging about all the fancy new [...]
Gary from let Freedom Ring was also at the event Saturday. You can read his story on it here.
My thoughts on the event make me feel that Emmer is the best choice for Governor. As Legislators, both Seifert and Emmer have very respectable conservative ratings and voting records, but [...]
There are many other members in the Minnesota Congressional delegation (Ellison, Peterson, Oberstar, etc.) but Bachmann is the only one who rates analysis in this [...]
While DFL legislators greeted Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed constitutional amendment to limit state spending with scorn and ridicule, Senate Taxes Committee Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, today scheduled a hearing of the proposal on Dec. 7.
An aide said Pawlenty's top budget expert, Management and Budget Commissioner Tom Hanson, and Senate [...]
We hear Rep. Laura Brod (R-New Prague) has decided not to run for governor. The mystery is why she hasn't formally announced that fact.
Sheer speculation on my part, but perhaps she'll make the public announcement by appearing on the list of ten or so current legislators [...]
A group of Minnesota legislators led by Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, will go to Israel for nine days in November.
The group’s schedule includes meeting with the parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilat Shalit, who has been held captive in the Gaza Strip since the summer of 2006.
The trip is scheduled [...]
