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.
St. Peter Democratic Rep. Terry Morrow went unchallenged last fall in his race for House District 19A, but his sudden retirement from the seat in December enticed nearly a dozen candidates to jump into the special election to replace him.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: December 19, 2012
Tags: Ann Lenczewski, Ann Rest, David Hann, John Hoffman, Mark Dayton, Melisa Franzen, Mike Parry, Myron Frans, Taxes, Vicki Jensen
Myron Frans has been making the pitch for about two years now. The Minneapolis tax attorney turned revenue commissioner started his tenure in Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration out on the road, carrying with him a pair of stools to demonstrate the need for comprehensive changes to the state’s tax code.
by Charley Shaw
Published: November 1, 2012
Tags: 2012 legislative races, Alan Oberloh, Bill Weber, Doug Magnus, John Carlson, Keith Langseth, Kent Eken, Michelle Fischbach, Mike Parry, Phil Hansen, Tom Saxhaug, Vern Swedin, Vicki Jensen
Senate President Michelle Fischbach has set a campaign schedule that’s heavy on greater Minnesota districts in the days leading up to next Tuesday’s general election.
GOP attorney Fritz Knaak was notified of the dismissal in a letter from the board dated Oct. 23, according to documents obtained by rural DFL blogger Sally Jo Sorensen. The senators have accused Ritchie of using his office to speak out against the voter ID constitutional amendment on this fall’s ballot.
Sens. Mike Parry, R-Waseca, and Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, have filed a complaint with the Office of Administrative Hearings alleging that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has abused his office by using it to speak out against the voter ID amendment.
by Charley Shaw
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: AFSCME, Arne Carlson, Eliot Seide, Jim Monroe, MAPE, Mark Dayton, Michelle Benson, Mike Parry, Ryan Winkler, Schowalter, Steve Drazkowski, Wayne Simoneau
The rejection of the new collective bargaining agreement for nearly 28,000 state workers by a House-Senate subcommittee on Thursday is the latest example of the divide between Republicans and DFLers over how to make the state an attractive employer.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: August 17, 2012
Tags: Allen Quist, CD1, Dave Gardner, John Knotts, Michael Brodkorb, Mike Parry, Paul Langseth, Randy Demmer, Steve Perkins, Tim Walz
A few months ago, nobody thought Sen. Mike Parry could lose a congressional primary to Allen Quist. But he managed.
Allen Quist and Rick Nolan have both been out of elective office for more than two decades. On Tuesday, however, both veteran politicos won their respective congressional primaries, surviving contentious intra-party battles and earning the right to challenge incumbents for a trip to Washington, D.C.
Thursday morning's meeting of the legislative Subcommittee on Employee Relations gave legislators a chance to sound off on the terms of two recently negotiated public sector union contracts -- and, not incidentally, to seize the moment for a bit of political grandstanding.
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