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This is how you get a gas tax hike passed
Raising the gas tax in Minnesota has never been an easy sell. Just ask Len Levine, state transportation commissioner under DFL Gov. Rudy Perpich. In 1988, thanks in no small part to Levine, the...
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Dayton's education funding fight is a lot like one fought by Arne Carlson,...
MinnPost file photo by James NordFormer Gov. Arne CarlsonA governor designates a significant change in education policy as his priority of his second term in office. His passion for the issue comes...
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The Tea Party is not happy with Minnesota House Republicans
“Give it back,” exhorted the state Republican Party during the legislative debate about how to deal with the state’s $2 billion surplus.But legislators didn’t give it back. They used about $1 billion...
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Ruling means Minnesota's GOP delegates will be bound by caucus vote
The Republican National Committee has ruled that the Minnesota Republican Party’s presidential preference poll — scheduled for March 1, 2016— must bind its national delegates proportionately to the...
View ArticleMinnesota Republican group wants Fiorina included in presidential debates
Carly Fiorina may not be moving the needle in national polls on Republican presidential candidates yet. But she’s polling well among some Republican women in Minnesota. At recent meeting of the...
View ArticleWhy Pataki won't go far — or have much effect — in the presidential race
Can a political moderate presidential candidate like George Pataki actually affect the dialogue in Republican primaries? Will he be able to generate a stream of support that could revive the party’s...
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How Senate DFLers are becoming like Republicans
State Sen. Dave ThompsonRepublican state Sen. Dave Thompson had been noticing it throughout the Legislative session: a growing fissure between urban and Greater Minnesota legislators in the Senate DFL...
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So about that tax cut deal that helped end the special session…
MinnPost file photo by James NordRepublican minority leader David HannThere is some meat attached to the bones of the tax cut deal that led to the passage of the omnibus environmental and agriculture...
View ArticleLow approval ratings for Clinton among Minnesota voters, poll finds
A new poll conducted by a Republican-affiliated interest group finds low approval ratings for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton among likely voters in Minnesota. The same poll gives...
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'The Supreme Court just did the Republican party a huge favor'
Dale Carpenter is a well-known University of Minnesota civil rights and constitutional law professor whose book, "Flagrant Conduct," is about the first major Supreme Court decision on gay rights,...
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Branden Petersen's state Senate seat draws a crowd of potential candidates
State Sen. Branden PetersenSenate District 35 is such a solidly Republican area, stretching across the Twin Cities’ northern suburbs, that several names have surfaced as possible replacements for Sen....
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What offseason? Parties drawing battle lines for 2016 Minnesota House elections
Anne NeuWhen it comes to elections, there's no such thing as an off-season for the Minnesota House. Fresh off the 2015 legislative session (and special session) — the DFL and GOP are already girding...
View ArticleAmid Tea Party discontent, Emmer stands firm on his early record
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer is facing a discharge of conservative discontent for the votes, alliances and choices he’s made in his first six months in office. But he’s not apologizing.In fact, at a Republican...
View ArticlePolitics inevitable in the Planned Parenthood video uproar
Up until now, it was understandable that Minnesota Democrats would keep their heads down as debate swirled around them on the videos showing two Planned Parenthood physicians discussing the sale of...
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A Q&A with Frank Mendez, new chair of the Minnesota Hispanic Republican Assembly
The Minnesota Hispanic Republican Assembly, one of the affiliates of the state party, has a new chair, Chanhassen businessman Frank Mendez. Although the group has played a limited role in the party’s...
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Abeler reconsiders; explores bid for Branden Petersen's state Senate seat
Jim AbelerFormer state Rep. Jim Abeler has changed in his mind about considering a run for the state Senate seat being vacated by Republican Branden Petersen. Abeler has established an exploratory...
View ArticleWhy Walker unveiled his Obamacare replacement plan in Minnesota
Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin governor Scott Walker seems to be making the Midwest a proving ground for his campaign.A day after he countered a protester at the Iowa State Fair with a...
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At Minneapolis meeting, key Democrats will get a look at all their...
It will be business as usual when the Democratic National Committee gavels its summer meeting into action Thursday at the Hilton hotel in Minneapolis as 300 committee members representing 50 states...
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Clinton rouses activists, Chafee not so much at DNC event
It was, at a minimum, a contrast of speaking styles as Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Lincoln Chafee addressed members of the Democratic National Committee today at the Hilton...
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Sanders takes on the establishment; O'Malley criticizes GOP (and DNC over...
The members of the Democratic National Committee meeting at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis were thoroughly engaged by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's speech on Friday. But they were inflamed...
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