As the temperature outside drops, the drama in the Capitol HEATS UP! Grace, Kathryn, and President of the American Experiment John Hinderaker break it all down for us in this…
The state House of Representatives held its fourth floor session of 2025 this afternoon. It was a pro-forma session conducted to satisfy the requirements of the state Constitution, Art. 4,…
The Minnesota House opened Tuesday as predicted with Democrats not showing up, Secretary Simon declaring “no quorum,” and House Republicans installing their own chair to conduct business. Nothing like this…
“That’s some catch, that Catch–22,” he observed. “It’s the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed. Yesterday, in a unanimous verdict, Minnesota’s Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Walz’s calling of a special election for House seat 40B…
It was a busy pre-holiday-weekend, late-Friday-afternoon in the state’s ongoing Constitutional Crisis. Two important court decisions were issued on either end of the state that move in opposite directions, but,…
They say that the world is run by the people who show up. All week long it has been just the 67 Republicans who have shown up to attend the…
On one level, the dispute in the Minnesota House of Representatives this week is straightforward: Does a “quorum” — which is a necessary precondition for the House to do business…
You would expect that a raging constitutional crisis and an “attempted coup” would be more, well… kinetic. The House reconvened at noon today in the state capitol House Chamber for…
Yesterday’s shenanigans at the capitol have been ably covered by my colleagues Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn. Nevertheless, there remains one unanswered question. Yesterday, Bill G. noted: During today’s session,…
A few minutes late, but shortly after noon on the appointed day (today), MN Secretary of State Steve Simon gaveled into session the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota…
In an unprecedented move, House Democrats boycotted the first day of Minnesota’s legislative session while House Republicans elected Lisa Demuth Speaker of the House. There was a dramatic moment when Secretary…
Thinking Minnesota magazine just hit mailboxes across the state featuring our latest poll revealing the top issues that drove Minnesota voters in the November election. House Democrats should read this…
We appear to be in the midst of a slow-motion coup here in the North Star State, all in the service of overturning the results of the state House of…
It’s an old adage that politicians get “sworn in” and then immediately “sworn at.” Never has that been more true for Minnesota Democrats, who held a bizarre secret swearing-in ceremony…
The state could be heading for a constitutional crisis Tuesday if all 66 Democratic Representatives-elect fail to show up, get sworn in, and fulfill their duties. At this writing, the…
Episode 54 of the American Experiment podcast is out, and it is a banger (to quote the boys from Ruthless). We have two conservative all-stars on the same show in…
Welcome to Capitol Watch 2025 Happy New Year and welcome to Capitol Watch 2025! Hold onto your wallets because the Minnesota Legislature returns to St. Paul on Tuesday, January 14,…
Despite being on the short end of a 66-67 party split in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Democrats say they will not show up next week for the start of…
The Republican Party of Minnesota filed suit yesterday (Saturday) contesting the timing of the special election scheduled for January 28 for House District 40B (Roseville area). A press conference is…
In the Winter 2024 issue of our magazine Thinking Minnesota, I wrote about the “Minnesota Miracle” of 1978 which saw, among other outcomes, the election of a tied state House,…
Another Minnesota city takes the government’s fiber-optic bait. “This time, it’ll be different!” This should be the tagline for Connect Willmar, the latest local government-funded fiber-optic internet project in…
The election contest of the Shakopee-area House 54A seat reveals more incompetence. The election was almost two months ago, and we’ve almost sorted out what happened. One state House of…
St. Paul has no money for childcare. A ballot measure creating a childcare subsidy program for all low-income children in St. Paul failed to pass in the 2024 election, preventing…
Minnesotans deserve better than what they have offered. Trust, accountability, and common sense are three foundational characteristics of a society that are also good measures of that society’s health and…