Tag: Steve Simon
County board prepares resolution criticizing new state flag and seal designs
The State Emblems Redesign Commission that has now wrapped up its work in creating a new state flag and seal is receiving a balance...
New flag set to fly across Minnesota
Thirteen residents of Minnesota appointed to redesign the state’s flag voted to approve a final rendition on Tuesday of what is likely to begin flying across...
Commission adds Dakota phrase, removes statehood date and motto from new...
A commission created by the DFL-controlled legislature earlier this year to redesign a new state seal and flag voted Tuesday to remove any mention of Minnesota’s statehood from...
Will commission strip the year ‘1858’ or state motto from new...
A task force appointed this summer by the legislature and Gov. Tim Walz is nearing its Jan. 1 deadline to approve a new state seal...
Legislative auditor: Secretary of State’s Office failed to ‘adequately monitor’ grants
On Tuesday, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released the findings of its audit of Minnesota's Office of the Secretary of State (OSS)....
Protesters fill meeting at Capitol calling for divestment from Israel
A few dozen Twin Cities-based leftist activists involved in an ongoing anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement called for the Minnesota State Board of...
Flag redesign commission member blasts process as ‘absurd’ and a ‘colossal...
A lengthy deliberation Tuesday among 13 Minnesotans tasked with selecting a new state flag and seal at times devolved into argument and confusion among some, with...
Minnetonka sticks with ranked choice voting
Minnetonka residents overwhelmingly rejected a measure Tuesday to repeal ranked choice voting as the method used for electing city officials.
In Tuesday’s election, residents were...
State claims in court filing that felon voting law also restores...
Attorneys gathered in an Anoka County courtroom Monday to debate a lawsuit that challenges a new Minnesota law granting felons the right to vote...
Appeals court blocks judge’s ruling declaring felon voting law ‘unconstitutional’
Without ruling on the merits of the law itself, the Minnesota Court of Appeals said Thursday that a lower court judge had “no authority”...