Gov Tim Walz says he ll burn political capital to push through police reform bills echopress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from echopress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Politics + Public Policy | Minnesota’s Divided Legislature Stakes Out its Positions Because the DFL-controlled House and GOP-controlled Senate take such different approaches to issues, and because these initial budgets are hundreds of millions of dollars apart, these are starting positions, stage-setters for future negotiations. MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan
Minnesota’s Divided Legislature Stakes Out its Positions The march of the omnibus budget bills shows how far apart the GOP-controlled Senate and the DFL-controlled House really are.
It can sometimes seem like lawmakers in St. Paul do things just to remind people that Minnesota is the only state in America with a divided legislature.
Minnesota Legislature s budget plans differ on how to address racial inequality Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune
In the days after George Floyd s death, Minnesota legislators on both sides of the aisle said the state was at a critical moment. I believe that Minnesota needs to lead the nation in race reconciliation. We have an opportunity. This is an opportunity that comes around once in a generation. And what are we going to do with that? Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said the week after Floyd died in police custody.
For legislators, the answer to that question lies, in part, in the hundreds of pages of budget plans released this week.
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