Tag: Minnesota Legislature
‘The system is broken’: GOP governor candidate takes aim at omnibus...
State Rep. Peggy Bennett is in her twelfth year as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. During her time in office, she...
Christine Snell: ‘Climate Superfund’ really just a new tax on Minnesotans
The Minnesota Legislature is in session, meaning there’s no end of bad ideas for new legislation at the state Capitol. Among them are raising...
Rep. Leigh Finke’s ‘dead name’ appears on multiple traffic citations years...
More than five years after a Ramsey County judge granted Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke a legal name change from Christopher Leigh Finke to...
Fraudsters would pay 100 percent tax on stolen funds if Minnesota...
Minnesota lawmakers, frustrated over their inability to recover funds lost to fraud, came up with a proposal: imposing a 100-percent tax on fraudsters’ ill-gotten...
Minnesota House impeachment push against Walz, Ellison stalls in 8-8 committee...
A Republican-led effort to launch impeachment investigations into Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison stalled Wednesday after the Minnesota House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee...
EXCLUSIVE: Last chance to restore health insurance for injured first responders—before...
First responders put their lives on the line, but while health insurance for some injured police officers and firefighters has been stripped away, new...
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Lawmaker says systematic failures fueled Minnesota fraud
(The Center Square) – Minnesota’s fraud committee is uncovering what its Republican chair calls a systemic failure of oversight that allowed billions in taxpayer dollars to...
Renee Carlson: What a recent US Supreme Court decision means for...
Kids and teens struggling with accepting their sex should be able to talk openly with a licensed counselor—someone who will listen to their goals...
Minnesota Republicans propose largest tax cut in state history
(The Center Square) – Minnesota House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that would deliver the largest tax cut in state history, while reprioritizing state spending.
The...
For Minnesota, climate obsession is just another fiscal disaster
It’s not hyperbole to say that Minnesota is a fiscal disaster.
And that is not just my opinion. Nearly 100 mayors in the state signed a...