Conservative council’s influence surges in Minnesota
During the early part of her two-plus decades in the state Legislature, retired Republican Sen. Pat Pariseau remembers being just one of a handful of Minnesota legislators who could call themselves...
View ArticleLatest Minnesota state revenue update signals trouble ahead
Although the state won’t issue its next economic forecast until early December, the outlook for the state budget is growing increasingly gloomy.
View ArticleGOP eyes phase-out of business property tax
The statewide business property tax has long been the bane of Minnesota’s business community, and this legislative session, both Republican majorities at the Capitol are looking to do away with it once...
View ArticleFormer MMB head carves out new niche as corporate lobbyist
Shortly before Pawlenty stepped down as governor after the election of Mark Dayton, Tom Hanson announced he had accepted a new job as a full-time lobbyist for Minneapolis law firm Winthrop and Weinstine.
View ArticleRetiring Stinson has served five governors
After 26 years as state economist, Tom Stinson will turn over the reins to University of Minnesota colleague Laura Kalambokidis.
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