Archive for December 2008
Today At The Capitol: Round 1 of the Budget Battle
The Gopher State’s U.S. Senate recount may take a backseat in the newsroom today due to some important state governmental business: a much-anticipated budget briefing, a press conference by Governor Tim Pawlenty, and the DFL legislative response. Essentially, today is…
Read MoreBigger D.C. Power Broker: Jim Oberstar or David Obey?
The Upper Midwest is home to a disproportionate amount of power when it comes to its Representatives in the U.S. House. Three of the twenty-one House Committee chairs hail from Minnesota and Wisconsin, with two of those, DFL Congressmen…
Read MoreMinnesota GOP US House Candidates Receive Lowest Voter Support Since 1934
If politics is a bottom line business, then the Republican Party of Minnesota can be rightfully pleased to have won three U.S. House seats last month. Several pundits, such as the Rothenberg Political Report, projected the DFL to pick up…
Read MoreLive Blog: Redistricting in Minnesota
8:50 a.m. The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance is hosting a conference this morning entitled, “Toward More Open Government: A Conference on Reforming the Redistricting Process.” The headline for the event as to why this could be…
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