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Minnesota Update Minnesota’s 2024 Legislative Session Ends Amidst Chaos; Controversy Last night, the 2024 legislative session came to a loud and chaotic conclusion. Following a week of late-night floor sessions, contentious debates, and start-stop negotiations, the Minnesota Legislature entered the final weekend with dozens of significant pieces of legislation still needing final votes. With the…
Minnesota Update Minnesota Legislature Enters Final Week of 2024 Session The Minnesota Legislature has exactly one week to complete its work before its constitutional deadline to adjourn for the year. With more than a dozen omnibus bills still being negotiated, significant work remains on the docket. Most notably, legislative leaders from all four caucuses continue…
Minnesota Update Legislature in the Home Stretch With two weeks left of the legislative session, significant work remains to be done as legislators look to finalize several significant policy and supplemental appropriation proposals. With floor debates, dozens of amendments, and a conference committee process still ahead of them, legislators have been debating bills late into…
Larkin Hoffman Launches New Ancillary Service: Larkin Hoffman Public Affairs Larkin Hoffman has launched a new ancillary service, Larkin Hoffman Public Affairs (LHPA), which will bring together the firm’s growing capabilities in government relations and public affairs, including association management, grassroots coordination and strategic communications. The LHPA team provides comprehensive services at all levels of…
Midterm elections are infamously bad for the party that controls the White House, and with Democratic President Joe Biden’s approval rate hovering in the low 40s, most pundits expected some form of “Red Wave” across the country. While votes continue to be counted nationwide and the majorities in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House…
This year, Minnesota voters will go to the polls with more decisions to make than any time in the last 20 years. All four executive offices, including the Governor’s office, all 201 seats in the Minnesota Legislature, and all eight of Minnesota’s congressional seats are on the ballot. Conventional political wisdom says that midterm elections…
