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EXCLUSIVE: DFL legislator awarded 108K settlement in employment dispute, but taxpayers...
According to documents obtained by Alpha News, State Rep. Bianca Virnig, DFL-Eagan, was awarded a payment of $108,224.54 from her former employer, BrightWorks, in...
House committee approves payment to DFLer’s legal counsel in outside employment...
On Tuesday, the Rules Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives authorized a $10,391.40 payment to the legal counsel of State Rep. Bianca Virnig,...
‘Equal Rights Amendment’ headed to House floor Monday
A controversial “Equal Rights Amendment” bill is headed to a floor vote in the Minnesota House of Representatives on Monday.
DFL legislative leaders in the House Rules...
Minnesota Democrats propose bill that would allow for a full-time legislature
Over three dozen Democratic state legislators are supporting a bill that would allow the Minnesota Legislature to become a full-time legislature. Authored by House...
Legislators call for aid to ‘neighbor’ Somalia amid ‘climate change catastrophe’
On Monday, Minnesota Rep. Samakab Hussein, D-St. Paul, organized a press conference at Minnesota's State Capitol to call for "immediate, unrestricted humanitarian aid" to...
Democrats on state House committee vote themselves a per diem pay...
The 2023 Minnesota legislative session wrapped up about three weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean lawmakers have stopped working.
Democrats in a state House legislative...
Legislators finalize HHS bill that expands MinnesotaCare to illegal immigrants
Minnesota is poised to become the second state in the nation to allow illegal immigrants to enroll in a state health insurance program for...
‘I’d rather kill myself than go to work’: PTSD a growing...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is impacting first responders across the United States, especially in Minnesota, where the number of emergency personnel suffering from the...
Republican Senator looking into U of M hiring practices
State Senator Paul Anderson (R-Plymouth), chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee, has sent a letter to University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel asking...
Corruption between the U of M, a foundation, and DFL?
State Representative Jamie Long, a Democrat lawmaker who represents a district in Minneapolis, got a plumb job at the University of Minnesota. Long was...