LEGISLATURE MINNESOTA
Policy, politics quiet in Minnesota Capitol, but still there 
ST. PAUL – It is a busy, busy time in legislative offices these days.
Some legislators and employees are packing up to leave after election losses or voluntary retirements. New folks are moving in. All remaining incumbents are shifting offices as House and Senate majorities change from Republican to Democrat.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , November 23, 2012
Rural Republicans worried ag could be put on back burner in Minnesota House
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota House agriculture committee chairman for the past two years is concerned Democrats are putting agriculture on the back burner as they take control of the chamber.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , November 23, 2012
Minnesota legislators and how their districts voted on gay marriage amendment
ST. PAUL – If the newly Democratic-led Legislature takes up measures to expand gay rights in 2013, it will put a particular spotlight on lawmakers from districts where votes on a constitutional gay-marriage ban didn’t line up with the prevailing view of their own party.
November 10, 2012
Some Minn. lawmakers face gay marriage conflict
ST. PAUL – More valuable than any poll, Minnesota lawmakers got a strong pulse of their constituents this week on gay marriage through district-by-district, town-by-town results of a vote that rejected a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
November 10, 2012
Blanks must be filled in if Minnesota voter ID law OK’d
ST. PAUL – Both sides in Minnesota’s voter photo identification debate try to paint pictures about how life would look if the requirement passes Nov. 6, but the real picture has yet to be painted.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , October 13, 2012
Convention Notebook: DFL faces different campaign
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The normal way political partisans get fired up is by top-of-ticket contests.
But with President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar apparently doing well in Minnesota, those races may not pull as many Democratic volunteers and donors as in other years.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , June 02, 2012
Pollution debate divides rural, city residents
ST. PAUL - A dispute about water pollution led to a rift between city dwellers and rural residents as big as seen in some time.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , June 02, 2012
Rep. Lanning says he won't seek re-election to Minn. House
MOORHEAD – Longtime Moorhead Rep. Morrie Lanning, who played a key role in passage of a Minnesota Vikings stadium bill this spring, announced Thursday that he would not seek re-election to the legislative seat he’s held for 10 years.
May 31, 2012
Minnesota legislative retirees different but proud of work
ST. PAUL – Keith Langseth has spent half of his nearly 75 years as a Minnesota legislator. Mark Murdock has been in the House less than four years.
Langseth is a Democrat. Murdock is a Republican. Langseth is a dairy farmer. Murdock is a longtime hardware store owner.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 05, 2012
Funding key in new Viking stadium debate
ST. PAUL – A debate about whether gambling or user fees should be used to pay for a new Vikings stadium is the latest in a long fight over how to fund the project.
By By Danielle Nordine, State Capitol Bureau , April 28, 2012
Stadium votes put on hold by House, Senate
ST. PAUL – Dozens of Vikings fans decked out in purple jerseys rallied in the state Capitol on Saturday but went home disappointed after learning there would be no vote to build a new stadium.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , April 28, 2012
Lawmakers back Capitol fix, but other projects more controversial
ST. PAUL – Fixing the Minnesota Capitol building’s crumbling outside walls and aging interior won easy approval from a key House committee Tuesday, but funding other public works projects around the state may prove more controversial.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , March 20, 2012
Students seek end to Minnesota legislature drunk-driving immunity
ST. PAUL – Legislators who drink and drive should face the same consequences as everyone else, a group of college students argues.
In Minnesota, legislators get what some deem a “get out of jail free” card protecting them from arrest for certain crimes. Some students from Concordia University in St. Paul were not happy when they discovered that legislative immunity could shield lawmakers from drunken driving arrests.
By By Danielle Nordine, State Capitol Bureau , March 15, 2012
Wis. had few snags implementing voter ID law Minn. now mulling
ST. PAUL – Minnesotans wondering how a proposed voter photo ID requirement may work can look across the border to Wisconsin, where early reports indicate implementation has mostly been smooth.
By By Danielle Nordine, State Capitol Bureau , February 25, 2012
New district changes Minnesota legislative race
MOORHEAD – Two incumbent area legislators will need to run against each other in a newly created district released Tuesday by a five-judge panel.
Current District 9B state Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, and District 2A Rep. Kent Eken, DFL-Twin Valley, are now in District 4B, according to the new maps.
Since both men are in the same party – both also educators by occupation – Marquart said they will have talk to one another about how to move forward in the November election.
February 21, 2012
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