He previously served in high-ranking roles at the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Politics + Public Policy
The move is aimed at ensuring that a Senate controlled by a different party than a governor can no longer hold up confirmations as a threat.
Higher capital levels would 'address the underlying fragility of the banking sector.'
The bill sponsors said they think they still have enough DFL votes to approve the final bill and expect some Republicans to support it.
All of Minnesota’s members of the House filled their top D.C. office jobs with white staffers, exclusively.
The EPA’s new regulations propose reducing the 800 lbs. of mercury the taconite processors in Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula produce each year by 462 lbs.
With two DFL senators opposed to legalized sports betting, sponsors have tried to get a few Republicans on board. It’s a tough sell without support from the horse racing tracks.
The Minneapolis and St. Paul Police Departments are preparing for the summertime uptick as they do every year, but in recent years, say they have shifted a focus on intervention over enforcement.
But House and Senate leaders do agree on a partial rollback of the state’s tax on Social Security benefits.
Following the Union Bank acquisition, equity analysts take a close look at the large bank's core capital.
Planned Parenthood clinics and other facilities that provide abortion services in Minnesota have been preparing for an adverse ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk by assuring patients that medication abortions will continue to be offered.
A proposed quarter-cent sales tax would raise around $200 million a year with the money being sent in three directions: seven counties, cities and a state rental assistance program.
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ushered in a big drop in the corporate tax rate, but a provision in that law is now making significant changes to the way companies deduct research expenses. It’s creating big tax bills for some.
If the Legislature advances all 36 proposals from Minnesota cities and counties, perhaps one-quarter of residents here could see a local sales tax proposal on their ballots soon.
Minneapolis and St. Paul each permitted ADUs a few years ago, but construction has since slowed.
The report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor found the Metropolitan Council committed itself to spending money it did not have, added or changed substantial work after the project was bid, and was not fully transparent.
The mayor will chair a working group of the governmental and private entities that all must work together if the public housing authority is going to meet its goal to open 150 new units each year.
Mike Roman of 3M and Beth Ford of Land O'Lakes will advise the president on trade policy.