Reality Check
Reality Check: Economic Impact Of Gay Marriage
The Minnesota House has scheduled a vote for Thursday on the bill that would legalize same sex marriage.
Reality Check: Minnesota Following Trend On Gun Laws
The Minnesota Legislature won’t be voting on tougher gun laws after all.
Reality Check: Beer Tax Claims Of House Democrats
Minnesota House Democrats this week voted to raise the excise tax on beer, claiming it will raise the price only 7 cents a bottle.
Reality Check: E-Pull Tab Revenue Projections
There’s a lot of revisionist history going on at the Capitol about those pulltab revenue projections — numbers that Gov. Mark Dayton says no one knew were wildly inflated.
Reality Check: All About Proposition 8
Historic arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday involving the rights of same-sex couples to marry. The high court can rule in a number of different ways that could dramatically affect federal law. Or not.
Reality Check: Stadium Beer Sales & The U Losing Money
When the legislature approved beer sales at TCF Bank stadium a couple years ago, lawmakers and the University of Minnesota estimated profits — more than $1 million.
Reality Check: The Difficulty Of Passing Gun Restrictions
A Minnesota House committee will vote Thursday night on a watered down version of a gun bill that includes background checks for gun show sales. It’s far less than gun safety advocates had hoped, but the pull-back from tougher gun laws is not uncommon.
Reality Check: Legislative Pay Raises
Governor Mark Dayton says Minnesota lawmakers don’t get paid enough. The governor is supporting a recommendation from the State Compensation Council to raise lawmaker pay in 2015.
Reality Check: Sequester’s Impact On Minn. Is Lower Than Most
Minnesotans could suffer from those budget cuts too. Some over time, and some right away.
Reality Check: The GOP & Gay Marriage
A national anti-gay marriage group has put a bounty on the heads of Minnesota Republicans.
Reality Check: Minimum Wage & Obama’s SOTU Address
Less than 24 hours after the President Barack Obama proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, Minnesota Democratic lawmakers unveiled a plan of their own to raise state pay for low income workers to $9.50.
Reality Check: Perspective On Minnesota’s Sales Tax
Even though Minnesota’s sales tax is high, it takes in a less money than other states with similar tax rates.
Reality Check: Guns And The State Capitol
Hundreds of people visit the State Capitol every day. What’s impossible to know is how many are carrying a concealed weapon.
Reality Check: Minnesota Firearm Background Checks
Like all 50 states, Minnesota gun dealers are required to do a background check on weapons purchases.
Reality Check: Minn. Legislature Boosts Pay Out Of Public Eye
New numbers from the Minnesota legislature show state lawmakers paid themselves more than a $1 million last year in per diem payments — out of the public eye.
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