Allison Kite
Politics Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Reporting on the environment for @MO_Independent/@KansasReflector Past: @KCStar, @CJOnline, @AP | @KansanNews alumna [email protected]
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Minnesota Senate president has blurred the line between his legislative and legal business for years
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winonadailynews.com | Ryan Faircloth |Allison Kite
Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion has blurred the line between his legislative and private business for years, pushing for funding for organizations run by his past legal clients and representing a nonprofit he had secured state funding for. The north Minneapolis Democrat now faces the second ethics complaint of his Senate career, this time over advocating for a violence prevention nonprofit to receive $3 million in funding in 2023.
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startribune.com | Allison Kite
Voters head to the polls in northern Minnesota Tuesday in a special primary to replace Republican Sen. Justin Eichorn, who resigned last month after his arrest in an underage prostitution sting. Denise Slipy, an environmental health professional and first responder from Breezy Point, is the only DFL candidate in the race and will move on automatically to the April 29 special election.
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gazettextra.com | Allison Kite
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion violated the chamber's rules when he helped steer state funds to a former legal client, Senate GOP lawmakers allege in an ethics complaint filed Friday. Champion, who also works as a private attorney, has been under scrutiny for advocating that a violence prevention nonprofit receive millions of dollars in state funding in 2023, just months after he had represented the organization's founder in court.
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thebrunswicknews.com | Allison Kite
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion violated the chamber's rules when he helped steer state funds to a former legal client, Senate GOP lawmakers allege in an ethics complaint filed Friday. Champion, who also works as a private attorney, has been under scrutiny for advocating that a violence prevention nonprofit receive millions of dollars in state funding in 2023, just months after he had represented the organization's founder in court.
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thederrick.com | Allison Kite
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion violated the chamber’s rules when he helped steer state funds to a former legal client, Senate GOP lawmakers allege in an ethics complaint filed Friday. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.
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RT @RyanFaircloth: New: Minnesota Senate president has blurred the line between his legislative and private business for years, pushing fun…
GOP files ethics complaint against Minnesota Senate President over conflict of interest concerns -- https://t.co/r1xgXqd72o w/ @RyanFaircloth