Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

Enbridge Gas Distribution headquarters in Markham, Ontario. (Photo by JHVEPhoto, Getty Images)   This week’s topics: Line 3 completed; Carnahan won’t run; wait’ll next year     Query 1: Despite stiff opposition from tribes and...
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...
Carnahan’s out, with 3 months’ pay

Carnahan’s out, with 3 months’ pay

Sheri Auclair, a conservative activist from Wayzata, came away embittered after a vote to grant GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan more $38,000 in severance pay late Thursday. “The party is in ruins,” she said. (Photo: Kevin Featherly)   GOP chair casts deciding vote...
Session/Law Sound-off

Session/Law Sound-off

A man and his cow at the Minnesota State Fair (Photo: Kevin Featherly)   This week’s topics: Great MN gun-together; a ‘revolutionary moment’; kiss-off, Cousins   Query 1: The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, claiming that the Minnesota State...