J. Patrick Coolican

3 weeks ago | news-journal.com | J. Patrick Coolican

Majority Leader Erin Murphy. DFL-St. Paul, and DFL caucus members outline their focus and work ahead for the 2025 session at a press conference February 10, 2025. Photo by A.J. Olmscheid/ Senate Media Services. Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan.

3 weeks ago | minnesotareformer.com | J. Patrick Coolican

Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan. 1 Here’s Minneapolis City Councilmember Jason Chavez: I’m extremely disappointed … They made a deal with the GOP to strip away health care from undocumented residents.

3 weeks ago | newsfromthestates.com | J. Patrick Coolican

Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan. 1 Here’s Minneapolis City Councilmember Jason Chavez: I’m extremely disappointed … They made a deal with the GOP to strip away health care from undocumented residents.

1 month ago | minnesotareformer.com | J. Patrick Coolican

Gov. Tim Walz got dragged online and on cable news last week for some comments he made at the Harvard Institute of Politics. “But I also was on the ticket quite honestly, ya know, because I could code talk to white guys watching football and fixing their truck and doing that. That I could put them at ease. I was the permission structure to say, ‘Look you can do this and vote for this.’”If true, and it probably is, “it was an epic miscalculation,” as CNN’s Abby Phillip put it.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | J. Patrick Coolican

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers the State of the State address Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Gov. Tim Walz got dragged online and on cable news last week for some comments he made at the Harvard Institute of Politics. “But I also was on the ticket quite honestly, ya know, because I could code talk to white guys watching football and fixing their truck and doing that. That I could put them at ease.