politics

A common theme between the 2016 campaign and the 2017 legislative session is health insurance affordability. While Washington D.C. has had difficulty trying to enact reforms to our health insurance system, St. Paul has experienced some success. The Minnesota Premium Security Plan,...

Sen. Mike Goggin's SF899 takes advantage of workers' tenuous H2A status. Goggin argues, "The choice is solely up to the employee; the bill does not require or expect any worker to work overtime." No, let's be clear. What employee wouldn't prefer overtime? This exemption is for the...

The omnibus elections bill before the Minnesota Senate includes a number of important provisions to strengthen the integrity of the voting process. Election law must balance the interest in making the vote accessible to all eligible voters versus guaranteeing only eligible voters...

Donald Trump's speech must be considered a success after he made it through a two-hour speech without grabbing some woman. He deserves the encouragement. Richard Johnson Red Wing

The new leadership in the Legislature has already ticked off a few big accomplishments in the first two months of session. Republicans quickly forged a compromise with Gov. Mark Dayton on emergency health care premium aid, on tax relief and on clean energy. We also recently repealed...

Fresh off a four-year term at the Minnesota Capitol, former Sen. Matt Schmit will take the lead of a new project with advocacy and policy research group Growth and Justice. The group aims to develop policies that stimulate economic prosperity throughout the state. Schmit will work...

Minnesota's buffer law states that all "public waters" and "public drainage ditches" need to have a natural buffer separating cultivated land and the adjacent waterway or ditch by November. Last year, the Department of Natural Resources published an online map that identifies where...

I am sitting here Feb. 14, listening to Jason Lewis' telephone town hall, waiting for him to take my call and questions. So far, Lewis has censored the calls and only taken those that have been filtered to support his fear mongering and word salad of trickledown economics. Yes, it's...