Governor Mark Dayton:
Gov. Dayton signs compromise giving $10 million to fix vehicle registration system, Star Tribune
Gun Debate:
Disruptive, adaptive, and fun: The teens behind March For Our Lives are cracking the protest code, ThinkProgress
Minnesota Legislative Session:
House bill restoring Minnesota felons’ voting rights falters, Star Tribune
A gun bill advances, but this one aimed at police power, MPR News
Key deadline passes at Legislature. Gun control bills in the pipeline: 0, Pioneer Press
Senator Amy Klobuchar:
Lankford/Klobuchar React to Spending Bill, Fox14 News
Other News:
Trump ‘considering’ veto of $1.3 trillion budget, MPR News
Wisconsin judge orders Walker to call special elections to fill GOP-vacated seats, Pioneer Press
Spending bill rejects Trump effort to gut water cleanups, Mankato Free Press
Kentucky Teachers Are Protesting and Walking Off the Job to Save Their Pensions—And Winning, In These Times
Here’s what the $1.3 trillion defense-friendly spending bill looks like for the military, CNBC
Hate crimes rose the day after Trump was elected, FBI data show, Washington Post
DNC Hacker Was a Russian Military Spy, Mother Jones
U.S. Indicts Iranians in Data Theft From Colleges, Companies, Bloomberg
Congress Snuck New Russia Sanctions Into Spending Bill, The Daily Beast
Also check out our Real Erik Paulsen and Trump Administration pages for more information.
Upcoming Events
- Today through April 1 — Senate District DFL Conventions to be held during this period
- March 25 — Palm Sunday
- March 25 — Rama Navami
- March 26 — Yom HaAliyah
- March 29 — Mahavir Jayanti
- March 29 — Maundy Thursday
- March 30 through April 6 — Passover
- March 30 — Good Friday
- March 30, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
- March 31 — Holy Saturday
- March 31 — First day of Passover
- April 1 — Easter Sunday
- April 1 — Hazarat Ali’s birthday
- April 2, 5:30 PM — Rep. Erin Koegel (HD37A) Town Hall, Northtown Library, 711 County Road 10 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55434
- April 3, 7:00 PM — SD34 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their calendar for this month’s location.
- April 3, 7:00 PM — SD 37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their Facebook page for specifics
- April 3, 7:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
- April 4, 7:00 PM — SD33 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Maple Grove Library, Maple Grove Library, Main Street Conference Room
- April 6, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
- April 8, 2:00 PM — DFL Disability Caucus Meeting, DFL Headquarters, 255 Plato Blvd E, St. Paul, MN 55107
- April 9, 7:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Council Chambers, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka, MN 55345
- April 9, 7:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
- April 11, 6:30 PM — SD50 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Kennedy High School, 9701 Nicollet Ave, Bloomington, MN 55420
- April 12 — Holocaust Memorial Day
- April 12, 7:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Glen Lake Activity Center, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345