"The Republicans are saying that we should not be taxing as much as we are, that we should be lowering expenditures. The Democrats come back and say yes, we are increasing expenditures on education which is an investment for the future," tax expert Jay Kiedrowski said.

KMSP-TV
May 19, 2013

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Steve Sviggum, a legislative fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs and a former Republican speaker of the House, said DFLers are overestimating public support for gay marriage. But he says it's unlikely the law would get reversed should it pass. Democrats are more likely to face a backlash for overreaching on issues such as taxes and spending than on gay marriage, Sviggum said. Views on gay marriage are evolving, Sviggum said, and "I don't think it's good for Republicans necessarily to stand in the way of the evolution of an issue."

Pioneer Press
May 12, 2013

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"If you're interested in city politics, this year Minneapolis is your town," said professor Larry Jacobs of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. St. Paul, where Mayor Chris Coleman is running for a third term, "is going to be a sleeper," he said.

MinnPost
May 13, 2013

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May 17, 2013

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"There're some signs that he's less focused" on some issues, such as the budget-related matter, Lawrence Jacobs, director for the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and Department of Political Science.

UPI
May 5, 2013

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The entire Legislature and the Governor are Democrats and yet they cannot agree on probably the biggest piece of legislation out there on taxes. Part of it is that the members of the House and Governor are up for re-election next year and they're very sensitive to that. The Senate, they're up for re-election in 2016 so they're sitting back, thinking philosophically about the structure of the taxes and how the structure is modernizing."

WCCO-TV
May 5, 2013

But Professor Larry Jacobs, who runs the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at University of Minnesota, says the ethics questions are a "big problem" for Bachmann. "There are a lot of things a conviction politician like Michele Bachmann can withstand, and being attacked by Democrats is definitely one of them. But the kind of krypton that will disable her is having her convictions challenged," he told Salon.

Salon
May 2, 2013

Ostermeier has a knack for such cocktail-party-chat lists. Earlier this month, he reported that former Idaho Govs. Cecil Andrus (No. 11) and Bob Smylie (No. 31) were among the nation's 50 longest-serving governors.

Spokesman Reivew
April 30, 2013

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Winton replied by, among other things, saluting Rybak as a "great mayor" and declining to criticize his performance in any way, which is interesting since, other than that remark and Winton's general encomiums to Minneapolis as a great, great city, his pitch simultaneously depends on a portrayal of the city government as failing to do its most basic jobs while wasting money and energy on non-necessities. But Winton stood up to the grilling with good cheer. An atmosphere of strained civility hovered over the entire Q and A.

MinnPost
Spril 26, 2013

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The Minnesota Department of Health's study looks at alcohol's cost to the state's economy, which largely come from lost productivity. The cost to the state government is more like $2 billion according to House Majority Leader Paul Thissen who recently spoke about the issue at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Minnesota Public Radio
April 24, 2013

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"You will read that there are over a hundred definitions of terrorism", Schwartz said. "What terrorism involves is a combination on the one hand of a violation of the law that's generally connected to the effort to coerce or intimidate to achieve a political aim."

WCCO-TV
April 22, 2013

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"Bottom line here is that Jim Graves will probably be in a better position to beat Bachmann given her troubles, how close he came and the fact that it looks as if Democrats are going to be more mobilized then they usually are in mid-term elections that hurt them," said Jacobs.

Minnesota Public Radio
April 11, 2013

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"One respected her more than any other world leader. One gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And another celebrated Meryl Streep's portrayal of her on film," says Eric Ostermeier, author of Smart Politics, a research site at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Washington Times
April 8, 2013

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April 8, 2013

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Mr. Ostermieier observes, "Reagan, of course, famously signed a bill in 1986 that gave amnesty to millions of individuals who had entered the country before 1982 and he never again used the phrase during his presidency. Neither did George H.W. Bush, although Bill Clinton put it on the table 84 times."

Washington Times
April 3, 2013

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The packed debate at the University of Minnesota, the first of the 2013 campaign to replace outgoing Mayor R.T. Rybak, fell less than three weeks before candidates will vie for delegates at the city's DFL caucuses. The five candidates, all current or former members of local government, largely split their time between highlighting past achievements and criticizing the status quo at City Hall.

Star Tribune
March 28, 2013

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March 28, 2013

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March 28, 2013

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Each candidate lauded Minneapolis as one the most progressive cities in America, yet each one's closing remarks agreed that it could be even better. For Schiff success is a matter of "staying the course" because "every neighborhood is making progress" while Samuels saw the mayoral position as an opportunity to "stand and be a leader" to make Minneapolis "the safest city in the United States of America."

Examiner
March 28, 2013

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