This week, the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Health Policy and Finance Committee passed legislation to roll back a new taxpayer-funded program to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants. Republican Rep.…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that former Minnesota House Majority Leader Matt Dean has been hired as a Policy Fellow covering state health care policy. Dean will replace…
Groundhog Day was officially last week, but it continues at the state capitol, day after day, as the House of Representatives conducts its “do-over” session. You will recall that back…
Today, my colleague Martha Njolomole and I presented in front of the House Ways and Means Committee. Our presentation was titled “Minnesota’s looming budget deficit: Tax hikes are not an option”…
The warring parties in the Minnesota House of Representatives shutdown will be returning to the state Supreme Court next week, in an effort to break the three-week-old impasse. In this…
Economic growth NFIB: NFIB Minnesota members support lessening the burden of high taxes and unnecessary mandates KFGO: AI’s impact on Minnesota workers State and local taxes and spending Winona Post:…
I’m guessing that most Minnesotans aren’t even aware that the state House of Representatives is nonfunctioning. I don’t blame them. People have to live their lives, work their jobs, get…
The executive branch has seized control of both the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives along with control of the chamber website and media operation. Moving far beyond any…
The shenanigans in the Minnesota House of Representatives have tended to obscure the fact that the legislature’s other house, the Senate, has been functioning smoothly. Until today. You may recall…
At their last meeting, Benton County commissioners left no question about where they stand on the boycott of the 2025 legislative session by DFL members of the Minnesota House of…
Border Patrol agent killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, was shot and killed during a traffic stop involving a German national in Vermont on Monday. The incident marked the…
Center of the American Experiment filed an amicus brief with the Minnesota Supreme Court this week supporting the position that 67 members constitutes a quorum in the Minnesota House because…
As Minnesota extends its nation-leading streak of voting for the Democratic presidential nominee to 52 years, political and cultural observers would be remiss to ignore a shifting undercurrent that gave…
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…
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…
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…
We are less than a day away from a potential constitutional crisis in Minnesota. And national media are beginning to pick up on it. Fox News ran a piece this…
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…
Yesterday, the Republican leadership of the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference to present their priorities for the 2025 legislative session. The video can be seen here, courtesy…
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…
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,…