by Paul Demko
Published: June 19, 2013
Tags: Betsy Hodges, Cam Winton, Dan Cohen, Don Samuels, Gary Schiff, Jackie Cherryhomes, Jim Thomas, Mark Andrew, Minneapolis, Stephanie Woodruff
Less than a week after the DFL convention failed to endorse a candidate in the Minneapolis mayoral contest, there is one less contender. Gary Schiff dropped out of the race on Wednesday and backed fellow Minneapolis City Council member Betsy Hodges.
Minnesota is setting up a foreign trade office in Germany. The office in the Dusseldorf area in western Germany is the second of what will eventually be five Minnesota foreign trade offices worldwide.
by Paul Demko
Published: June 19, 2013
Creation of a state-run health insurance marketplace where individuals and small businesses can purchase products was the major focus of health care discussions at the Capitol in 2013. Much less attention was paid to changes to MinnesotaCare — the state’s two-decade old insurance program for the working poor.
by Charley Shaw and Briana Bierschbach
Published: June 19, 2013
Tags: Al DeKruif, Al Franken, Jim Abeler, Jim Knoblach, John Pederson, Julianne Ortman, Julie Rosen, Matt Dean, Michele Bachmann, Mike Parry, Pat Shortridge, Rhonda Sivarajah, Tim Walz, Tom Emmer
When Republican members of the Legislature return to St. Paul next year and compare notes on what they did during the interim, a growing number will say they launched campaigns for Congress.
by Stephen B. Young
Published: June 19, 2013
It was national news when Michele Bachmann announced without warning that she would not seek re-election to the House of Representatives. I doubt a similar announcement from any of our other members of Congress, or from either of our U.S. senators, would have attracted similar national attention.
by Bloomberg News
Published: June 19, 2013
“You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” This quotation, often attributed to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, rightly suggests that while it is perfectly legitimate for people to have different political views, they should not be making up the facts.
by Bloomberg News
Published: June 19, 2013
The downtown in Leesburg, Va., offers a portrait of attachment to the past. Federal-style buildings line the streets, and the courthouse square features both a plaque commemorating a reading in 1776 of the Declaration of Independence and a statue honoring Confederate soldiers.
by Staff
Published: June 19, 2013
Last edition of the Capitol 10 highlighted the senators who had chief-authored the most legislation in the session. This week, we take a look at the House members.
by Frank Jossi
Published: June 19, 2013
At the start of the 2012-13 Minnesota legislative session, the stars appeared aligned for some kind of movement on gun violence prevention. Minneapolis had suffered a horrific mass killing in September that left six dead at Accent Signage. Then, a few months later, the mass slaughter of 20 school children in Sandy Hook, Conn., brought forward legislation in Congress and Minnesota involving universal background checks and other measures.
by Kevin Featherly
Published: June 19, 2013
The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) has unveiled a newly revamped website that connects the state’s 370,000 military veterans to social programs and healthcare services.
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