Facing high costs, U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips lays off campaign staff, continues challenging Biden despite financial hurdles and limited PAC support.
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House File 3489 attempts to clarify the legislation that prohibits a school district employee from putting a student in a restraint that restricts their breathing, ability to communicate distress or puts weight down on a student’s head, neck, throat, chest or back.
Legislative task force member accuses Met Council of ethical violations, impacting the governance review process and sparking legal debates.
After a “transformational” session last year, DFL legislative leaders are taking a cautious approach.
The chair of Minnesota’s Senate Commerce Committee wants to allow grocery stores to sell strong beer — but not wine — with municipality’s permission.
Minnesota’s presidential primary brings a unique challenge for voters: a loss of privacy in declaring party preference.
When Rep. Frank Hornstein proposed creating a task force to look at how to change the structure and makeup of the Met Council, he was aware of the skepticism that often greets task forces, work groups and blue-ribbon commissions. The Met Council itself had already undergone the scrutiny of each of those variations and none resulted in substantive changes in how the regional transit, planning and wastewater treatment agency operates. Why would this task force do anything different? “In my faith we start the Passover Seder with a question: ‘Why is this night different from all other nights?’” the Minneapolis DFLer told his…
The Minnesota congressman’s vote tally appears to meet the threshold his campaign set ahead of the first Democratic primary.
The long-shot candidate is hoping for 20% of the vote in a state where President Biden isn’t officially on the ballot.
A special task force looking at ways to restructure the Metropolitan Council may be struggling to reach a consensus, but it isn’t short on ideas. The Metropolitan Governance Task Force, created in the 2023 transportation budget, is approaching its final meetings before a Feb. 1 deadline. Members have started presenting plans for how to do regional governance differently, and any proposal that wins a majority of the task force would then go to the 2024 Legislature, which would have to approve, amend or disregard any proposals. But reaching a majority might be the hard part. The current Met Council consists of 17…