Good government needed at Minnesota Capitol Yes, pandemic has made it tough, but transparency has been in short supply for too long.
By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune May 15, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
This has been a legislative session like no other. Conducting the business of lawmaking in the midst of a pandemic created restrictions that once would have been unimaginable.
Hearings have been conducted largely through Zoom, with testimony sometimes limited to minutes. Citizens haven t been able to gather and make their voices heard on issues of the day, either in protest or support. Lawmakers have gone months without seeing one another in person or have met mostly masked and socially distanced.