Tag: DFL
Sanctuary state proposal faces opposition from county board, DFL senator
County commissioners in McLeod County approved a resolution Saturday which denounced and opposed the pending "North Star Act." In a unanimous vote, the five commissioners...
Officials with Walz administration receive massive salary increases
House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Springs, released a statement Thursday attacking Democrats in the wake of new details regarding significant salary increases received...
Will all 34 Senate Democrats vote ‘yes’ on illegal immigration ‘sanctuary’...
A pair of Democrat legislators sponsoring a bill that would make Minnesota a “sanctuary state” for immigrants who enter the country illegally artfully sidestepped a...
Senate Dems elect former union boss with what GOP calls ‘extreme...
A longtime progressive DFL legislator, former nurses union boss and one-time gubernatorial opponent of Tim Walz has been elected majority leader of the Minnesota Senate.
Erin Murphy, DFL-St....
Republicans urge Walz to reject new left-wing social studies standards
The majority of Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives have called on Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, to reject the new social studies...
Republicans aiming to flip control of Minnesota House break their fundraising...
Republican legislative leaders are hoping to turn a six-seat deficit in the Minnesota House of Representatives into a majority of their own come November....
Minnesota Democrats put foreign-born candidate on presidential primary ballot
Minnesota Democrats placed an ineligible, foreign-born candidate on the state's presidential primary ballot.
Ken Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, submitted a...
Retirements stack up ahead of legislative session, 2024 election
It’s a bonding year at the Minnesota Capitol, but the DFL-controlled House and Senate will push a number of pet projects the Democratic “trifecta” is...
Navy vet, banking exec hopes to force Klobuchar to ‘answer for...
A new, Minnesota-centric 2024 election survey that shows less than half of likely voters say they will support U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar for re-election this...
Democrat Andy Smith jokes about possible arson of conservative offices
Democratic legislator Andy Smith was widely criticized for his reaction to the news that three conservative organizations may have been the victims of arson...