Monthly Archives: October 2016
Minnesota Revenue Falling Short of Expectations
Minnesota’s general fund receipts were more than two percent below expectations for the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year, Minnesota Management and Budget...
MN Refugee TB Infections Are Ten Times Higher Than Other States
Minneapolis, MN - The number of active TB infections in refugees living in Minnesota between 2010 and 2014 reached 296, ten times higher than...
Transgender Locker Room Use Prompts Lawsuit
A Virginia transgender high school student's use of the girls locker room has now triggered a lawsuit and has made the Minnesota town the...
Super PAC To Spend $1.9M On Ads Against Nolan in CD8
The battle for the 8th Congressional District is one of the most watched and costliest congressional races in the country. And it is about to...
Bachmann: Elect Trump or There Will Be More Sexual Assaults
Former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on the American Pastors Network’s “Stand In The Gap” radio show this week, warning conservative Christians not to believe the...
Dayton Appoints BLM Member to Police-Community Council
St. Paul, MN - On Wednesday Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) issued an executive order to form the “Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations.”...
Governor Dayton: Affordable Care Act “No Longer Affordable”
In a reversal from his former support of the Affordable Care Act, Governor Dayton is now saying Obama’s signature program is “no longer affordable.”...
Alpha News Asks Minnesotans, “Who Should Decide Legislative Pay?”
St. Paul, MN - This November voters will decide if lawmakers should determine their own pay. The issue has gotten plenty of media coverage,...
Alpha News Poll Results: Trump Resoundingly Wins 2nd Presidential Debate
Sunday, October 9, 2016, Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald J. Trump (R) faced off for the second time this campaign season. In...
Bloomberg’s Gun Control Group Targets MN State Races
A gun control group is targeting several Minnesota state legislative races with a string of ad buys in an attempt to install a DFL...