Update: Capitol reopens, budget begins to appear
Minnesotans can begin to see how the state's two-year budget will look, but when a government shutdown will end remains unknown. Continue reading →
View ArticleCitizen-lobbyist wants Legislature to be more open
Minnesota’s best-known citizen-lobbyist on open government issues says the Legislature needs to be, as they say around the Capitol, more transparent. Continue reading →
View ArticleBills say: ‘Let the sunshine in’
The sunshine is peeking through the clouds in Minnesota, public information access advocates say. Continue reading →
View ArticleSome testify that Capitol guns scare them
Gun opponents testified Tuesday that they felt uncomfortable earlier this year when they knew gun advocates were packing in the Capitol, but a key opponent admitted he likely will not win a gun ban....
View ArticlePolitical Chatter: Privacy Matters To Be In The Open
Every Minnesota legislative session seems to produce one issue no one saw coming, at least to the scale it reaches. Perhaps that issue this year will be privacy. When Minnesotans hear comments like...
View ArticleIRRRB Change Advances In House
Replacing the Iron Range’s long time economic development board with a panel wielding less power on Thursday passed its first Minnesota House test. But opposition arose on issues including whether...
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House Committee Resurrects Body Cam Regulations
Police body camera video generally would be kept secret in a Minnesota House bill a committee approved 11-2 Tuesday, reviving a measure once thought to be done for the year. With less than two weeks...
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