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Announcing Netroots Minnesota 2010 (#nmn10).

Last year, over 350 progressives gathered in St. Paul to kick off the first ever Netroots Minnesota.  The conference was an opportunity to strengthen our community, inspire action, and serve …
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March Badness 2010: The Seedy 16.

Last night, the March Madness brackets were set and I’m happy to report that my Golden Gophers snuck in at the last minute. This morning, after reviewing your submissions for …
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It’s That Time of Year Again: March Badness.

It’s March and you know what that means: wet, soggy weather, an end-of-winter snowstorm, and the state hockey tournament. Here at ABM, we like to use March to look back …
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MN Students Need State Grant Program.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the different proposals for balancing the state budget. The Senate just started laying out their own proposal, which is similar to the Governor’s …
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Marty Seifert, Tom Emmer, & GOP Legislators Put “Politics Ahead of Getting Things Done”.

Earlier today, the Minnesota House of Representatives had an opportunity to override Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of a bill to continue to provide basic medical services to 70,000 Minnesotans …
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Politics or People?

Yesterday, we sent this email out to Alliance for a Better Minnesota members in hopes that Minnesota Republicans would stand by their vote, and not pull the ultimate political flip-flop. …
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Analysis: Health Care Reform Will Create Over 4,300 Jobs in Minnesota.

A new analysis from the Center for American Progress demonstrates the benefits of passing health care reform on the American economy. Passing reform, say the authors, could increase the number …
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ABM to Run Ads Highlighting Seifert’s GAMC Flip Flop.

Marty Seifert was one of the 38 House Republicans to vote for the GAMC bill last week, but he has since vowed to uphold the Governor’s veto. Rep. Seifert is …