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    March 23, 2018
    LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Background check bill is anything but common sense
    The Pioneer recently reprinted a Mankato Free Press editorial (March 18) regarding a proposed Minnesota bill (HF 1669), which can be viewed at the legislature's website. The article claims the bill is about "common sense background checks". The bill includes: Transfer without background...
    opinionMarch 23, 2018 - 7:25am
    March 20, 2018
    Work under the Minnesota Capitol dome has increased in recent days as deadlines approach for the 2018 edition of the Minnesota Legislature. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    MNLARS one of many bills lawmakers tackle near deadline
    ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton seldom says he would veto a bill, but if it reaches his desk he promises to veto House-passed legislation to...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 20, 2018 - 4:41pm
    March 1, 2018
    Daniel Ward II, President of the African American Heritage Gun Club, speakS in opposition to Dave Pinto's (64B-St. Paul), back, proposed bill increasing background checks for individuals seeking to buy a gun during meeting of the House Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance Committee at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Thursday, March 1, 2018. John Autey / Pioneer Press
    Gun control bills get a hearing but no action: Both sides have their say before GOP-led committee tables 2 proposals
    ST. PAUL—With a pair of votes that appeared to surprise no one, the Minnesota House tabled gun control bills that had — in both present...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 1, 2018 - 7:54pm
    February 27, 2018
    Commissioner Johanna Clyborne of Minnesota Information Technology Services testifies to a state House committee Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, about problems with a computer system for motor vehicle registrations, license plates and titles. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Dayton aides: Get cash quick or MNLARS fix fades
    ST. PAUL — The Dayton administration says it needs $10 million. Fast. Otherwise, by week's end the state will begin laying off computer...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 27, 2018 - 6:03pm
    February 22, 2018
    Legislature moves quickly to fund its work after Dayton veto
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota legislators wasted little time appropriating funds so they can remain in business. The House passed the budget 77-50...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 22, 2018 - 6:49pm
    February 20, 2018
    Karla Bigham takes the oath of office to become a Minnesota senator on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Chief Justice Lori Gildea administers the oath while the new senator's husband, John, holds a Bible. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    New legislators start as Legislature begins
    ST. PAUL — Karla Bigham says she will work with people of both parties as she begins her term in Minnesota's closely divided state Senate....
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 20, 2018 - 12:34pm
    February 19, 2018
    Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk of Cook is center of attention as he answers a reporter's question during a Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, Forum News Service-sponsored pre-session briefing. From left are Bakk, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, Gov. Mark Dayton, House Speaker Kurt Daudt and House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman. David Oakes / Minnesota Senate photographer
    Gun debate begins as Legislature begins 2018 work
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers will be drawn into a gun debate that has blossomed since last week's Florida school shooting that left 17...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 19, 2018 - 3:03pm
    Undated courtesy photo from the 2017-18 legislative session of Minnesota state Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center. Cornish and state Sen. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park, both announced Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 that they would resign after sexual harassment allegations against each surfaced earlier in the month. Courtesy of the Minnesota House of Representatives
    With Tony Cornish gone, what happens with House committee that focuses on guns and cops?
    ST. PAUL—Former state Rep. Tony Cornish was a House institution: As the pistol-packing Republican chairman of the Minnesota House public...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 19, 2018 - 7:20am
    February 17, 2018
    Kurt Daudt. Special to Forum News Service
    Lawmakers to attend sexual harassment training: Committee seats at stake, Daudt says
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota House members had better attend an upcoming all-day sexual harassment and bias training session — or they'll...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 17, 2018 - 10:43am
    Mark Dayton and Kurt Daudt. Special to Forum News Service
    What do federal tax changes mean in Minn.?: Lawmakers decide if taxpayers pay less
    ST. PAUL — The federal overhaul of the tax code that Congress approved in December could have serious consequences for Minnesotans depending...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 17, 2018 - 10:43am
    Minn. GOP, Dems differ on how much to spend on bonding projects
    ST. PAUL — Lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton will most likely take out a massive taxpayer-backed loan this year to fund a pile of construction projects. The only questions are how much should the loan be and which projects should be funded? Spoiler alert: Democrats say it should...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 17, 2018 - 10:29am
    Battles may loom about Fischbach, funding
    ST. PAUL — It was all happy happy, joy joy last week when legislative leaders from both parties and Gov. Mark Dayton posed for selfies and met the media for a pre-session briefing. They can profess chumminess all they want, but the reality is there are serious disagreements...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 17, 2018 - 10:15am
    February 16, 2018
    U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone and his wife, Sheila, campaign from the back of Wellstone's well-known green bus. The beat-up bus was part of his three Senate campaigns. (Photo provided by Wellstone Action)
    Capitol Chatter: Wellstone group involved in internal action
    ST. PAUL — Wellstone Action has trained thousands of "progressive" candidates and campaign workers, and claimed to have helped 1,000 get...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 16, 2018 - 3:17pm
    Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk of Cook is center of attention as he answers a reporter's question during a Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, Forum News Service-sponsored pre-session briefing. From left are Bakk, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, Gov. Mark Dayton, House Speaker Kurt Daudt and House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman. David Oakes / Minnesota Senate photographer
    Minnesota lawmakers must pass own budget, but not much work mandatory
    ST. PAUL — The 2018 Minnesota Legislature opens at noon Tuesday, Feb. 20, and there are plenty of questions about what topics might be debated....
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 16, 2018 - 10:44am
    February 9, 2018
    Minnesota's political leaders do not always agree when they sit at the same table answering reporters' questions. Here, in a 2016 pre-session briefing, Gov. Mark Dayton, left, and House Speaker Kurt Daudt discuss a difference. They will be at the same table on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, previewing this year's legislative session. Zach Kayser / Forum News Service
    Gov. Dayton, legislative leaders to answer questions together
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota's governor and legislative leaders often communicate with each other by letter or by talking to the media. But a week...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 9, 2018 - 11:50am
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