Gov. Walz was under the false impression that the rules don’t apply to him. Gov. Tim Walz added drama to the already-chaotic start of the 2025 legislative session when he…
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…
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,…
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…
Hennepin County caught illegally staffing ballot board. Just weeks before the 2024 election, Hennepin County was exposed by the Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA) and the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC)…
We wrote last week about Hennepin County ignoring the list of election judges submitted by the political parties in the creation of their ballot board. Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court…
In an ongoing dispute over the composition of ballot boards, Hennepin County claimed they “exhausted” the list of election judges put forward by the Republican Party because they forwarded the…
Center events, initiatives, and policy work.
A lesson for state and local policymakers.
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota is in the top 10 for marginal state individual income tax rate CBS News: Minnesota officials set to release new…
The dust has settled on campaign finance for the 2022 election and Democrats once again out-raised and outspent Republicans by a long shot. It wasn’t even close. The Alliance for…
The nearer we get to Election Day, the more campaign signs sprout up seemingly everywhere. But there’s something of a crackdown underway on political signs in the southwestern Minnesota city…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.