Politics & Policy

A while back, a young Minnesotan legislator attended a series of town hall meetings to defend a landmark vote. He had acted against the wishes of his constituents and they were livid. At a public meeting in Bayport, they screamed that he was destroying their way of life. They were convinced he had become out of touch and tarnished by the liberal tendencies of Saint Paul and Washington.

Many of us have had our interest piqued by a bill and wanted to wait and see if it became law. But, somewhere along the way, we lost track of where it went in the complicated web of the legislative process.

New taxes and the legalization of same-sex marriage were hallmarks of a legislative session in which DFLers wielded more power than they’ve had in a generation.