Gazelka steps down as Senate leader

Gazelka steps down as Senate leader

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka addresses the media in May 2019. (Photo: Kevin Featherly)   Decision comes as Republican leader weighs expected run for governor   With an announcement expected soon that he will run for governor against the incumbent Tim...
Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

This week’s Sounding Board (left to right): Fritz Knaak, Ember Reichgott Junge, Kevin Burke, Amy Koch, John Kriesel   This week’s topics: Political intimidation; Suni and Simone; Trump’s ‘reinstatement’   Query 1: MinnPost published a...
So, about that public safety deal….

So, about that public safety deal….

House Speaker Melissa Hortman, left, and Majority Leader Ryan Winkler meet the press at the Capitol on July 1. (Photo: Kevin Featherly)   An after-action report on the special session’s near derailment   It’s old news now, admittedly. But the question...
Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

This week’s Sounding Board, left to right: Asad Zaman, Annette Meeks, Floyd B. Olson, Brian McDaniel, Debra Hilstrom   This week’s topics: The tribunal stirs; Line 3 ruling; stripped of cash   Query 1: House Speaker Melissa Hortman told WCCO...