Legislators, political observers and a handful of gubernatorial candidates were quick to react to Wednesday's district court ruling suggesting that Gov. Tim Pawlenty's unallotments earlier this year were unconstitutional. Here's what they said.
Roger Moe might be one of the few people in Minnesota not surprised by this afternoon’s ruling from Judge Kathleen Gearin stopping Gov. Tim Pawlenty from unalloting money for the Minnesota Supplemental Aid Special Diet program.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: October 28, 2009
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Arne Carlson, Dave Durenberger, Eliot Seide, Jesse Ventura, Jon Grunseth, Mark Dayton, Roger Moe, Rudy Boschwitz, Rudy Perpich, Skip Humphrey, Tim Pawlenty
One of the most intriguing aspects of AFSCME's endorsement of DFLer Mark Dayton for governor is how it went down.
Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe met the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy more than a dozen times going back to the early 1970s.
Though she’s not yet an official candidate for governor, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis) has been discussing her pending run with members of the House DFL caucus in a series of one-on-one conversations. And the word around the Capitol is that Kelliher would retain her position as speaker through the course of the upcoming [...]
A bipartisan assemblage of Minnesota’s political hall of fame is supporting a bill that would create an independent commission to handle the next round of redistricting.
Two former governors, a former U.S. vice president and a former state Senate majority leader endorsed redistricting reform legislation in a letter sent today to state Sen. Ann Rest, [...]
[This story was first published in the February 6, 2009 issue of The Weekly Report.]
Dan Wolf, the long-time chief of staff for the Senate GOP Caucus will
be leaving that job. The official announcement is expected today.
Why the change? GOP Senate Communications Director Michael Brodkorb had no comment.
Here’s the skinny on what we picked up [...]
The former GOP speaker of the House, now Commissioner of the Department Labor & Industry, Steve Sviggum
received the nation’s top legislative honor: The 2008 Excellence in
State Legislative Leadership Award. Sviggum accepted the award from the
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) last week in New
Orleans. The award honors two legislators each year "whose careers
embody the highest [...]
