DFL legislators, we need to talk

February 25, 2024

Cowardice creeps in: it’s an election year!

by Steve Timmer

St. Cloud’s school board told it like it is about charters, and nothing’s happening

January 3, 2024

Maybe something will happen. Maybe.

by Dan Burns
childcare

Real help with childcare costs would be a great deal, practically and politically

January 30, 2023

Those who benefit will be grateful

by Dan Burns
bwca

MN lege: A new effort to protect the BWCA

January 14, 2023

This one could get somewhere

by Dan Burns
mnhousechamber

Just repugnant Party of Trump candidates, all the way down, Part 2

November 1, 2022

Just noting a few more

by Dan Burns
trail

MN lege: 2022 races of particular interest, Districts 49-67

October 10, 2022

Fifth, and last, in a series

by Dan Burns
riverbottoms

MN lege: 2022 races of particular interest, Districts 38-48

October 5, 2022

Fourth in a series

by Dan Burns
stillwater

MN lege: 2022 races of particular interest, Districts 29-37

September 29, 2022

Third in a series

by Dan Burns
southmn

MN lege: 2022 races of particular interest, Districts 15-28

September 22, 2022

Second in a series

by Dan Burns
polley

MN lege: Legitimate taxpayer protection

April 25, 2022

From having to pay to clean up a disaster

by Dan Burns
mncapitol

MN lege: What’s the real deal with the Party of Trump insanity?

March 23, 2022

From earlier this month: A Minnesota program that protects the addresses of victims of intimate partner violence and others with high safety needs has become the latest target in the Republican drumbeat over voter fraud, stalling a proposal at the Capitol that proponents say is needed to ensure the safety of participants. Changes related to […]

by Dan Burns
draz

MN lege: Daudt gets spanked by the Draz

July 5, 2021

From July 1: Sitting lawmakers will no longer be able to work as lobbyists, after a Republican amendment taking aim at House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, was adopted nearly unanimously in the House and later approved by the Senate as part of a broader tax bill. Offered by state Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, the […]

by Dan Burns