Monthly Archives: April 2014

On Monday, Commerce Commisioner Mike Rothman, Jay Haapala of the AARP,  Gary Johnson of the Better Business Bureau,  along with  Senator Carlson and myself discussed some of the trends in fraud involving senior citizens and provided suggestions to  prevent the crimes.   The event took … Continue reading →

In a column in the Sunday Star Trib, Will Labovitch does an excellent job of describing how important it is to vote.  He compares the election results in Minnesota to Wisconsin. The stats show that Minnesota is in much better … Continue reading →

Lori Sturdevant wrote a very interesting column in Sunday’s Star Tribune,  Progress, past and pending for women,  about the discussion of the Women’s Economic Security Act on the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives.  She  concentrated on the response of Representative … Continue reading →

The debate has now started on the Minimum Wage bill.  The House has to decide whether to concur with the bill that was returned from the Senate.  The House had passed their bill last year and the legislation has been worked on … Continue reading →

There was a press conference on the Capitol steps this morning to talk about the bill. HF 2536 is now being heard in the House Chamber. HF 2536 passed 106-24.  

We are discussing HF 826 and Representative Jim Davnie is the lead author.  The main provision of the bill is that school districts and charter schools adopt locally-created or a state model policy to prevent school bullying, cyber-bullying and intimidation, and … Continue reading →

The Minnesota State Capitol is one of Minnesota’s important assets.  In spite of that,  we have let this outstanding building deteriorate for years.  Anyone who has been in this building in the last few decades is probably aware of some … Continue reading →