Tag: DFL
Legislators head back to work after Easter break with 8 weeks...
After a four-day Easter break that symbolically represents the mid-point of the legislative session, Minnesota’s 133 House members and 67 senators headed back to...
EXCLUSIVE: County official calls out Burnsville legislator for ‘hypocritical behavior’
A member of the Dakota County Board of Commissioners is speaking out about what she sees as hypocrisy from a Democratic state legislator who...
Legislators consider several marijuana bills, including ban on certain flavored products
Almost a year following the Minnesota legislature’s passage of a bill to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana, lawmakers are continuing to tie up...
Senate Dems approve $110K legal settlement with ex-staffer who alleged discrimination
Democrats in the Rules Committee of the Minnesota Senate approved a proposed legal settlement Tuesday with a former staffer of theirs, Carly Melin. Once...
Democratic senator wants to ’eminent domain’ pregnancy resource centers in Minnesota
Sen. Erin Maye Quade, D-Apple Valley, one of the most left-wing members of the Minnesota Legislature, wants to use eminent domain on every pregnancy...
Minneapolis legislator wants to give power back to cities to ban...
Just a few years before she ran for the Minnesota Legislature, Ginny Klevorn lived in Brazil. During a House committee hearing on Tuesday she recalled fondly when the...
Democrats refuse to take up bill that would restore long-standing religious...
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives refused to take up a bill that would have restored long-standing religious liberties in Minnesota.
For decades, Minnesota...
Detransitioner to Minnesota legislators: ‘We are being silenced’
While European nations hit pause on puberty blockers and surgical measures for children, Minnesota Democrats are pushing health plans to cover so-called “gender-affirming care.”
A...
The demographics of abortion in Minnesota
(Center of the American Experiment) -- Kamala Harris made big news this month for visiting a St. Paul abortion clinic. The Associated Press (AP) reports:
"Vice...
GOP senator accuses DFL colleagues of ‘playing politics’ with her straw...
Could a bill that a Minnesota senator introduced and advanced with bipartisan support through a committee in the legislature last year have prevented the murder last month of two Burnsville police officers...