Recent content from Lori Sturdevant
The politics of obstruction, Minnesota-style
Like the much-debated U.S. Senate filibuster, Minnesota's requirement of a supermajority to pass bonding bills is under scrutiny, and should be.
Finally, women's value to workforce is acknowledged
It's beyond time for the state to provide more support for child care.
Voter ID is back to haunt Minnesota democracy
The rejection of a constitutional amendment in 2012 should have been persuasive to proponents of this bad idea, but it wasn't.
The sorry state of 'One Minnesota' needs attention from Walz
He'll need broad support in order to lead effectively, and in November 2022.
Minnesota voters still cross party lines
Recent trends toward partisan allegiance work against good government. Thankfully, some ticket-splitters remain with us.
Packing the court to save it? A Minnesota judicial moderate ponders
When word came that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died, one name popped out of my mental source file: retired Minnesota Supreme Court…
REVIEW: 'Fix What You Can,' by Mindy Greiling
NONFICTION: A former legislator shares the compelling story of her son's schizophrenia.
If we wait any longer to take climate change seriously, it will be too late
Yet the Republican-led state Senate isn't taking the threat seriously.
Voters show every sign of turning out in force this year
Even if unprecedented numbers stay home while doing it.
One (half) cheer for the Legislature
The failure to pass the bonding bill is painful.