Tag: Aric Putnam
Legislator authors academic freedom bill for faculty, opposes similar measure for...
A St. John’s University professor moonlighting as a legislator is carrying a bill this session that would codify into law “academic freedom” protections for post-secondary faculty....
Effort to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving free college voted down...
A Republican legislator in the Minnesota Senate put forward an amendment that would ensure illegal immigrants do not receive college aid from a state-funded...
Democrats reject amendment to require informing people if they’re eating bugs
Democrats in the Minnesota Senate voted down an amendment that would have required foods containing bugs or "cell-cultured" products to be labeled as such.
On...
Democrats sneak abortion provisions into omnibus bill
Democrats slipped some of the more controversial elements of their abortion agenda into a health and human services omnibus bill on the last day...
All eyes on swing-district Dems as paid family leave passes House
DFL legislators in the House weren’t able to garner support from all 70 of their members on a bill that would make Minnesota the 12th state in...
Theis Keeps HD14A Seat in Republican Hands
HD14A will continue controlled by Republicans as Rep. Tama Theis won reelection defeating Aric Putnam by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent.
Theis is finishing...