Flashback: Emmer and MCCL have clashed before
Vis a vis Tom Hauser's reports (discussed here) that Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer backed off of picking Linda Runbeck at the last minute due to objections from Minnesota Citizens...
View ArticlePro- and anti-abortion rights groups look toward election
With an upcoming gubernatorial election, every seat in the Minnesota Legislature up for grabs and what some are calling a conservative political groundswell, forces on both sides of the abortion battle...
View ArticleMarriage amendment brings campaign disclosure battle to Minnesota
The news that state campaign finance officials had released a long-awaited statement on donor disclosure rules barely made a ripple in the political news cycle, but the opinion figures to make...
View ArticleDFLers hold on to friendly turf
The changing demographics and DFL-friendly voting record of Senate District 46 signaled an easy win for DFL Sen.-elect Chris Eaton in Tuesday’s special election.
View ArticleMCCL backs state-created health care exchange
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) has joined the ranks of traditional Republican allies who are supporting the push to create a state-based health insurance exchange system.
View ArticleMCCL bucks many in GOP, backs insurance exchange
On the hot-button subject of the state insurance exchanges mandated by the 2010 federal health care law, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) has put itself at odds with a broad swath of...
View ArticleMeanwhile, outside the spotlight
While legislative leaders haggled in private regarding the 2012 session’s marquee legislation, rank-and-file legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate processing members’ pet...
View ArticleHealth care battles roll on
Obamacare is here to stay. That is the apparent takeaway from the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that largely upheld the 2010 federal health care overhaul.
View ArticleMarty laments campaign finance proposals
On the afternoon that the House cast its historic vote in favor of gay marriage — completely monopolizing attention at the Capitol — the Senate quietly debated a bill overhauling the state’s campaign...
View ArticleLegislature failed to close campaign disclosure loophole
In the days leading up to a contentious Republican primary contest last year between Connie Doepke and Dave Osmek for a Senate seat in the western suburbs, Americans for Prosperity Minnesota circulated...
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