Politics & Policy

OPINION | Shot in the back: Gun reforms die, gun shows live on

By Nick Coleman, The Uptake

Videography by Hlee Lee

All winter long, hundreds of gun-carrying opponents of gun safety laws crowded the Minnesota State Capitol, ostentatiously presenting their numbers and their obvious weapons during the difficult debates over proposals to tighten gun safety laws in the state. So I was surprised, upon entering the Gun and Knife Show at the Anoka Armory on Saturday to see this sign on the door:

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House bill paves way for handout of I-35W bridge steel

By Jonathan Avise, Session Weekly/Session Daily

The Department of Transportation would be directed to distribute the surplus steel remains of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge to interested survivors, research and historic preservation groups, under a bill the House passed 129-0 on Monday.

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Real Talk: Budget Cuts Don’t Kickstart the Economy

By Alex Christensen, Minnesota 2020

Apparently, spending cuts solve everything – unemployment, recessions, America’s future. You’ve heard it from Rep. Paul Ryan.

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Minnesota 2020

Senate Income Tax Increase Doesn’t Hit the Middle-Class

By Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020

Like Governor Dayton’s proposal and the House tax bill, the Senate's a tax bill—

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M4M's legislator of the day, Joe Radinovich announces yes vote on freedom to marry

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

Another Greater Minnesota Democrat in the House has announced his decision to vote "Yes" on Karen Clark's bill to legalize the freedom to marry.

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Bluestem Prairie

Can you "permit to carry" at St Paul Union Depot without note to Sheriff?

By Rich Neumeister, Open Secrets Minnesota

I went to the St Paul Union Depot this past week.  Hung off Door 1 entrance was a big sign with 17 rules plastered on it.

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Open Secrets Minnesota

Conference committees have sometimes unpopular task of compromise

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Members of the Health and Human Services Conference Committee make introductions May 1 before beginning a walk-through of side-by-side proposals. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)

House and Senate conference committees began meeting this week to consider appropriations and language in various omnibus finance bills.

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Minneapolis City Council eases urban beekeeping restrictions

By Brian Arola, The Minnesota Daily

Rooftops across Minneapolis could soon be buzzing with a recently approved Minneapolis City Council ordinance to make beekeeping easier in the city.

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Something good from the gun bill defeat

By Myles Spicer, Community Voices

Without a doubt, one of the great movies of all time was The Wizard of Oz. 

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