How Kelliher ran the floor
On the Sunday before the DFL Convention in Duluth, 100 volunteers for Margaret Anderson Kelliher met at the 49ers union hall in Minneapolis. The meeting's purpose was to rehearse what everyone present...
View ArticleDuininck joins DFL campaign team
Adam Duininck, political coordinator for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49, has joined the DFL's coordinated campaign. The labor union will continue to pay Duininck's salary, but...
View ArticleJeff Blodgett returns to helm Obama’s presidential campaign in Minnesota
Jeff Blodgett will once again helm President Barack Obama's campaign in Minnesota. The former executive director of Wellstone Action started with the campaign on Monday.
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: Dayton signs $440 million tax cut bill
1.) Gov. Mark Dayton signed $440 million in tax cuts into law late Friday, reports the Pioneer Press. It followed a day in which both DFL-led chambers of the Legislature gave the bill final passage by...
View ArticleHouse GOP moves to slash Met Council chair’s pay
House Republicans are moving to cut the Metropolitan Council Chairman Adam Duininck's salary in half, in a jab at Gov. Mark Dayton over a pay increase they believe went beyond the terms of a deal on...
View ArticleLeaders see transportation bill on the horizon
Two key players at the Legislature signaled last month they see room for compromise on transportation.
View ArticleMet Council aims to deepen equity focus with new panel
The panel will zero in on racial and other disparities in the agency’s projects, policymaking and hiring practices.
View ArticleLRT has lifelines without state bonding
But Southwest planners don’t love the alternatives
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