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As Governor Tim Pawlenty travels the country in an attempt to gain some name recognition, he continues to tout his record of a balanced budget, even stating that MN will have a surplus at the end of this two-year budget cycle. Possibly I haven’t been paying enough attention, but since when were we going to have a surplus? Continue Reading
What is with the Minneapolis Star Tribune? They dropped the ball on another national story about Rep. Michele Bachmann. Jeremy Herb wrote an online article Thursday afternoon, but the editors deemed it not newsworthy enough to print in the dead tree edition. Continue Reading
Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer and his fellow Republicans have one real goal with our economy. Reduce salaries so that corporations can make larger profits. I call this the Wal-Martization of our economy. Continue Reading
After reading Republican MN-GOV candidate Tom Emmer’s non-apology over his servers make $100,000 gaffe, I think he may have actually thrown more fuel on the fire. Instead of apologizing and saying he misspoke … it happens, we’re all human after all … Continue Reading
Quite a few electrons have been flying in recent days about Tom Emmer’s advocacy for forcing down the wages of “tipped” workers — waitstaff at restaurants like the Eagle Street Grille, where he made the pronouncement.
The Minnesota legislature adjourned the 2009-2010 session on May 17. The major focus of our work was addressing an additional mid-cycle $1 billion deficit. Just 10 days before session was constitutionally required to end, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the Governor’s 2009 unallotment actions were illegal. Continue Reading
The Minnesota Nurses Association is taking a vote today to decide on a one-day walkout.
Nurses will either approve the pension and contract proposals made by six different Twin Cities Hospital systems representing 13 dif Continue Reading
The 2010 DFL Convention in Duluth was the wildest convention we’ve had in a long time, if ever. Not only did we have five great candidates, we had a wildcard thrown into the mix that made everyone nervous: reNEW.mn
Nobody had ever tried to do anything like this before. They’d gotten 2,000 or more folks out to the precinct caucuses. Continue Reading
In honor of Earth Day, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced a bill to ban the pesticide atrazine. Atrazine is an endocrine disruptor and carcinogen.
This means it will mess with your body’s hormones and raise your chances of contracting cancer. Continue Reading
It’s Tax Day! Time for protests and rallies and…
Well, not really. April 15th is the deadline for filing your federal tax return. It’s a requirement, but for most of us it’s the deadline for finding out how much we’ve overpaid last year’s taxes and are thus owed. That new fence you’ve been thinking about installing? Maybe you’ll get a big enough chunk back to afford it. Continue Reading