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Housing Bill Gets a Vote Today.

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The House is expected to vote today on a relief package for homeowners facing foreclosures. Details of the policy can be found here. President Bush has promised a veto if …

450 Minnesotans a Day Have Their Elecritcity Shut Off…and Pawlenty is Going to Veto the Minimum Wage Increase?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Cost of groceries? Going up.Cost of gas? Going up.Cost of Xcel bill? Going up.Minimum wage? Maybe. Pawlenty is threatening to veto help for the state’s lowest wage workers…while at the …

Permit process updates for MSP and Bloomington.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The Star Tribune has an update on groups seeking clear permits for protest march routes during the Republican National Convention. However, permit troubles are not limited to Minneapolis and St. …

Good Question…What Does Norm Coleman Stand for?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

The following op-ed appeared in this weekend’s Star Tribune. O’Brien makes some spot-on observations about Norm – most notably being that Norm is really good at flying himself through the …

New Video: Minnesotans Respond to McCain’s Bridge Theory.

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Click HERE to view.

McCain on Minnesota.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

He and his friends in MN are sort of(?) backing off. The AP writes: McCain backs off waste as cause of bridge collapseBy LIBBY QUAID Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND (AP) …

G.O.P. Set to Block Bill Easing Limits on Pay Discrimination Suits.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

From the New York Times:Senate Republicans said on Tuesday that they were confident they would be able to block legislation intended to reverse a Supreme Court ruling last year that …

Op-ed from Growth & Justice.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Growth and Justice, a Minnesota economic think tank, produced the following op-ed on fixing and improving Minnesota’s long-term financial stability: Time to return to healthier fiscal diet; more vegtables (yes, …