Wednesday night it was announced that House Democrats and Republicans had reached a power sharing agreement over leadership of the Minnesota House of Representatives. House DFL Leader Rep. Melissa Hortman announced some of the details of the deal in a press conference on Thursday morning. Shortly after the DFL press conference House Republicans held their…
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Minnesota House Republicans highlighted a pair of priority bills during a press conference yesterday, that aim to address illegal immigration and the spending of tax dollars to support it. Rep. Isaac Schultz (R-Elmdale Township) tells us more about his bill, and why these are issues that need addressing. Another bill highlighted by House Republicans would…
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Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to highlight a number of their proposals to address crime across the state. Rep. Paul Novotny of the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee says Minnesota has been too “soft on crime”, and he highlights the three…
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A power struggle continues in the Minnesota House of Representatives, but House GOP, and DFL leadership are in negotiations over a power sharing agreement. DFL Leader Melissa Hortman (Brooklyn Park) said in a press conference on Tuesday evening, that she believes “substantial” progress was made in their last negotiation meeting on Tuesday morning. The House…
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GOP members of the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference on Tuesday to highlight a trio of bills that aim to address Minnesota’s “Fraud Problem” in the wake of scandals like the Feeding our Future scandal. Rep. Patti Anderson (33A – Dellwood) gives us an outline of her proposed bill House File One.…
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House DFLers held a press conference on Friday to highlight their priorities for the remainder of the 2025 Legislative Session. Currently the House DFL Caucus is skipping the session as a power sharing agreement has not been signed between the DFL and GOP Caucuses so that remains the DFLs top priority. Another Priority for the…
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The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce had representation at the Minnesota State Capitol today for the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee meeting. During the meeting the committee heard from Lauryn Schothorst from the MN Chamber of Commerce who spoke on troubling trends relating to business in the State of Minnesota. Schothorst…
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The Minnesota House GOP Caucus set their 2025 and 2026 Legislative Priorities ahead of the 2025 Legislative Session, which is set to begin next week. The House GOP currently claims that they have a majority in the House despite only having 67 seats (68 needed for a majority) because Curtis Johnson was found to be…
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A Crookston Democrat has filed his nomination for State Representative in House District 1B. Mike Christopherson was endorsed earlier this month at the Polk/Red Lake County DFL convention in Crookston. Christopherson is a former reporter for the Crookston Times and currently serves as a full-time substitute teacher at the Fisher Public School. He will be…
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Today we finish our series of interviews with Maxwell Fjeld of Twin Valley, who recently spent a week as a page at the Minnesota House of Representatives. Maxwell was asked if he’d recommend applying to the page program. The Minnesota House of Representatives Page Program is open to Minnesota high school students in their junior…
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