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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Daily Digest: TGIF edition

No special session, and the feds act to limit copper nickel mining and look at a local police force.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Talks between state, personal care providers can restart

An agency has modified an order that had halted contract talks between the state and a union for personal care attendants. Talks can resume as fight over union drags on.
by Brian Bakst

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Special session prospect dims, leaders air grievances

The prospects for agreement on a special session agenda were quickly fading ahead of Gov. Mark Dayton’s Thursday evening deadline for a deal.
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest: DFL perks

Many of the people in those U.S. Bank Stadium suites were Democrats and their friends.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Omar lands DFL leadership post before taking office

Omar lands DFL leadership post before taking office

Incoming freshman state Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minneapolis will be on the House DFL leadership team.
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest: Coleman is in

Chris Coleman, Mark Dayton, Jim Nobles and more.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Dayton seeks end to special session limbo

Governor Dayton says if lawmakers want to deliver emergency health care help they campaigned on, now is the time to act.
by Brian Bakst

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Chris Coleman announces run for governor

Chris Coleman announces run for governor

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is the latest Democrat to enter the 2018 race for Minnesota governor.
by Brian Bakst

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Daily Digest: Cleaning up stadium suites

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority named some names and issued a new policy on the use of U.S. Bank Stadium suites.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Lawmakers: GPS tracking of drunk drivers goes too far

Lawmakers: GPS tracking of drunk drivers goes too far

Republican and DFL lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month to stop the Minnesota Department of Public Safety from tracking the locations of motorists who use ignition interlock devices.
by Tim Pugmire

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