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Are GOP Legislators Intentionally Misleading the Public?

Earlier this week, the Star Tribune reported that a Minnesota Republican representative kicked a member of the Alliance for a Better Minnesota team out of a public meeting on property …
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Rep. Roz Peterson’s History With Secret Meetings.

Freshman Republican Representative Roz Peterson held a property tax listening session in Burnsville earlier this week. She advertised the public event through her official legislative email, her official Facebook page, …
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Republicans Without a Budget Criticize Governor Dayton’s.

Governor Mark Dayton announced his proposed budget Tuesday morning, and it’s full of great things. Free pre-k for interested schools and families. Expanded childcare tax credits for working families. Funding …
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Senator Sean Nienow Is Financially Hypocritical.

It came out last year that Republican Senator Sean Nienow of Cambridge was more than $900,000 in debt because of a failed small business loan he’d borrowed. Last week, Nienow …
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A Real Transportation Solution.

Gov. Dayton unveiled his transportation plan on Monday, and let’s just say for starters that it’s waaaay better than the MNGOP plan. Gov. Dayton’s transportation plan would invest $6 billion …
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John Kline Doesn’t Work For Veterans Or Students.

It took fewer than 12 hours for Minnesota Republican Rep. John Kline to respond to President Barack Obama’s free community college proposal, and the response was, unsurprisingly, unsupportive. At a …
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GOP Congress Will Keep Trying to Pass an Abortion Ban.

The Republican Congress is showing its true colors this week. The GOP House is making headlines for prohibiting federal government funds be used for abortions, which is a watered-down version …
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Minnesota’s Fair Taxation Structure.

In Minnesota, our progressive legislators think it’s fairest for those who have the most to pay their fair share. And it turns out that the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and …