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Minnesota College Republicans' Chairwoman Aly Eichman speaks about the future of Republicanism.

When the legislative session ended on May 18th, there was some resolution on data privacy issues in relation to law enforcement.  Legislation was negotiated...

While the majority of Minnesotans spent their Memorial weekend grilling and relaxing, Governor Mark Dayton was busy vetoing an additional two key spending bills, adding to the existing controversy and speculation surrounding the upcoming special session, which was originally generated after his veto on the legislature’s education budget.

State Auditor Rebecca Otto has been in activist mode since the legislature passed a bill that would allow Minnesota counties to hire private auditing firms instead of being obligated to use the auditor's office for their needs. The auditor's office has oversight of the billions of dollars that local governments spend every year, but unlike Minnesota cities and school boards, the counties were required to pay the state office for annual audits. Governor Dayton has already signed the state government bill that would enact the changes, but an upcoming special session may cause the issue to be revisited as Dayton has stated that he wants legislators to repeal the provision.

overnor Dayton came out with a laundry list of priorities he wants to see tackled in a special session including expansion of rural broadband. The funding would be a part of the omnibus jobs bill that was one of the three large bills vetoed by the Governor. Last year the Governor rejected the larger $100 million funding request for rural broadband because the plan “lacked details about specific projects,” and while the grant program provides no greater detail than it did last year, the Governor wants additional funding to be included in new budget negotiations.

Governor Mark Dayton officially vetoed the K-12 education bill yesterday under the auspices of wanting $173 million to start a half-day universal PreK program for all Minnesota 4-year-olds.

Monday night at the Capitol the Constitutional deadline for a midnight end of session was met with legislators speed reading, voting on unread bills, and shouting to be heard.

Governor Mary Dayton took no prisoners today, lashing out at Republicans for refusing to give an additional $125 million to K-12 education in the...

On an 83-50 vote, the environment and natural resources funding bill, HF 846, passed through the Minnesota House this afternoon and by a slimmer 35-30 vote through the Senate. One of Governor Dayton's top priorities, 50 foot buffers with stricter enforcement, was in the bill.

Late yesterday afternoon Governor Mark Dayton held a press conference to restate firmly that he will veto any bill that does not include more money for education, specifically, he wants $150 million more for K-12 and $173 million to establish a half-day universal PreK program for all Minnesota four-year-olds.