The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
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 outlook was bleak for the Republicans arriving at St. Cloud State University in November 1975 for their state party convention. The DFL governor, Wendell Anderson, had been elected five…
Americans have had their incomes hit hard by inflation over the last three years, as Figure 1 shows, with the annual change in the Consumer Price Index rising from 1.4%…
50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?
When entertainers, advertisers or politicians want to know if an idea will be well-received by mainstream America, they ask the question, “Will it play in Peoria?”
This post was originally emailed to subscribers of our Capitol Watch weekly email. To subscribe, click here. Elections have consequences. Minnesota Democrats ran the table in the 2022 election and…
It’s been almost a month since the 2022 election, so it’s time for your esteemed editors at Capitol Watch to provide our expert analysis about what happened.
Sizing up the issues before Minnesotans head to the polls
The hundreds of protesters out in Duluth to oppose overturning Roe v. Wade were supposedly there to support women. But try telling that to the mother who was terrorized by…
Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison wasted no time last week politicizing the Dobbs decision to rile up their liberal base of supporters. Walz quickly tweeted his initial…
The outcry from Minnesota Democrats over abortion rights is about more than just the upcoming mid-term elections. The abortion-industrial complex is a significant source of money for the state’s Democratic…
The National Education Association’s EdJustice campaign is encouraging teachers to “ring in justice this holiday season” by “incorporat[ing] your commitment to social justice at your celebrations this year.”
The national teachers’ union—the National Education Association—held its annual convention in Houston the beginning of July. This year, NEA delegates voted and approved new business items such as teaching the…
"If that project makes it through the extensive and rigorous environmental review process that is run by the state, and it passes through that with strong financial assurances and strong…