edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
Minn. House weighs in on unallotment case
[...]Washington political analyst Norm Ornstein says Rep. Michelle has become one of the 10 best-known members of the U.S. House, but her provocative style is contributing the debasement of the nation's political culture.
"She's a celebrity... They love her on the talk shows," Ornstein said of the outspoken Minnesota Republican [...]
House Research has completed the brief of amicus curiae that supports a complaint in Ramsey County District Court against Gov. Tim Pawlenty's unallotment.
Nonpartisan House Research attorneys were asked on Monday to write the brief by the House Rules Committee. The Rules Committee agreed to side with the plaintiffs in' [...]
Former GOP state Rep. Ron Erhardt of Edina is exploring a run for his old House seat as a Democrat.
“I’m looking to run. I raised money earlier in the year,” said Erhardt today in a telephone interview with PIM.
Erhardt, a moderate, spent nine terms in the House. When Republicans controlled [...]
Minnesota Speaker of the House and DFL gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher has collected another union endorsement, this time from the American Federation of State, County and Muncipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 65, which represents 13,000 employees in greater Minnesota.
"Our members worry about how to pay for health care or whether [...]
AFSCME Council 65 has endorsed House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor.
This comes a day after she picked up Local 49 (operating engineers). She also has the backing of MAPE, the second-largest state employee union.
The big one looming is still Education Minnesota. If Kelliher can pick up that [...]
ALSO: Bad news for the economy; racial tensions are either rising or falling in Owatonna; and lutes.
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More than Meets the EyeSeveral area lawmakers have returned from a trip to Israel. The idea of the trip was to foster better ties to the country.
According to the House DFL Caucus, the group, which consisted of some nine lawmakers, had some 40 meetings/tours during the visit.
Local lawmakers on the trip were Rep. Sandra [...]
The Minnesota Department of Revenue (DOR) is crediting the state-imposed cap on local levy limits for slowing the increase of property taxes.
DOR announced this morning that levies in 2010 are likely to increase an average 3.5 percent statewide. Next year’s county and city budgets have been proposed, but not yet [...]
This morning the 13,000-member International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49, announced that it's backing the gubernatorial candidacy of House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis).
“We need to get the economy working again in Minnesota. Margaret is a proven leader who has been fighting for the issues and values of our [...]
PLUS: Target's urban plans, Hecker's money mess, and Quist's political plans.
[...]The retired professor and farmer said he decided to get back into politics because he is concerned [...]
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) officials indicated today (Nov. 18) that retail store Santas will have to wait like everybody else to get vaccinated for H1N1 until people at greater risk get theirs.
“We have heard about Santa’s request,” said MDH Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Kristen Ehresmann.
Media reports have department [...]
More than a hundred people rallied outside of Hennepin County Medical Center against Gov. Pawlenty's elimination of General Assistance Medical Care. The cut doesn't hit until March and the state has started moving patients onto MNCare. But that may not be a good fit [...]
The Minnesota Department of Management and Budget (MMB) has rolled out an online map that shows where federal economic stimulus money has been allocated in the state.
The map, which was launched earlier this month, is available at the state’s www.recovery.mn website for stimulus information.
State officials were pressed to improve [...]
