ST. PAUL, MN—As you may know, Minnesota House DFL members have boycotted House activities since the session began last week. This past Tuesday, a House committee meeting was disrupted by protesters who claimed the hearing was illegitimate because no DFLers were at the meeting. A foul-mouthed rant followed for 20 minutes. State Representative Steve Gander…
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Minnesota State Representative Steve Gander began his first term in St. Paul last week as successor to longtime District 1B Representative Deb Kiel. The East Grand Forks Republican took his oath of office with House DFL members boycotting the ceremony, as well as boycotting all House activities. Gander says in the meantime, he’ll work with…
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Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session gets under way Tuesday. State Representative Jim Joy of Hawley tells R&J News about his priorities for this year. Our talk with Rep. Joy also covered an executive order Governor Tim Walz issued last week that creates a new fraud investigations unit…following the Feeding Our Future scandal where over $250 million…
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Next Tuesday, the Minnesota Legislature begins its 2025 session. One question hangs over the Capitol in St. Paul: Will House Democrats show up for work? It’s a question that came up after last November’s election, when the DFL and Republicans each won 68 seats. Then a few weeks later, it was proved that one DFL…
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The 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session is set to kick off next Tuesday, and many area entities are getting prepared for what’s expected to be a chaotic year in St Paul. Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB) Director Rob Sip says this year’s session is already having a different feeling than past years. Last year there…
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Last week, a group of eight Minnesota DFL Senators announced they were forming a group called the Blue Dog Coalition. Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead is one of the eight and he talks about the group’s goals. Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, a Republican from East Grand Forks, talks about the coalition. Johnson finds…
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The 2024 General Election is over, and St Paul is now shifting their focus to 2025, and the January Legislative Session. MN Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson (R-East Grand Forks) gives us a preview of what he thinks the session will look like, now that the Democratic trifecta is no longer. Johnson also talked more…
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One interested observer of Tuesday’s Minnesota elections was State Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson. The East Grand Forks Republican tells R&J News how the Minnesota Legislature shapes up after Election Day. You’ll remember State Senator Nicole Mitchell was arrested this past April for first degree burglary when she allegedly broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes…
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Josh Heintzeman, Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, discusses the Minnesota Legislature situation following the arrest of DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell in Detroit Lakes earlier in the week.
After hosting Senate and House Bonding Tours last year and not making the Governors list for funding Mahnomen county continues to work on getting funding for the Mahnomen Hospital renovation. Mahnomen County Commission Chair Darvin Schoenborn gives an update on the work being done and explains why this project is so crucial. Schoenborn shared his…
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