Category: Minnesota

Minnesota: Shut that revolving door, it’s getting cold in here

Minnesota may see new legislation to slow the revolving door between government and lobbying, according to this report. A Senate committee planned to hear Democratic Sen. John Marty’s plan Friday. It would require legislators, agency heads and constitutional officers to wait at least two years after holding those positions before becoming lobbyists. Sen. Marty’s bill […]

Minnesota case involves access to voter file

Here’s an update on a story I posted about earlier involving a state candidate’s arrangements for a voter file. The flap arose after other DFL candidates for governor discovered that [candidate for governor Margaret Anderson] Kelliher was allow to steer her contributors to give money directly to the party for her access to the DFL […]