Energy
What Happened to $5 per Gallon Gasoline?
Despite dire predictions, the average price of gasoline in the US has not yet even hit $4.00 per gallon this year.
Read MoreApologygate: Could Joe Barton Lose His U.S. House Seat?
Barton has enjoyed a 39-point average margin of victory since 1984
Read MoreWho Defected on the US House Climate Change Legislation?
The U.S. House of Representative’s 219-212 vote last week in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) passed in part due to the defection of a handful of Republicans, while more than half of the Blue…
Read MoreBachmann on the State of the GOP: “Republicans are for all practical purposes irrelevant”
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is seemingly a fixture in the state and national media these days, and in particular on WWTC 1280 AM’s Northern Alliance Radio Network. The Minnesota U.S. Representative appeared once again on Brian Ward and John Hinderaker’s “The…
Read MoreLive Blog: Norm Coleman on Energy Independence
11:55 a.m. In the sixth of a series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman is giving a speech entitled,…
Read MoreLive Blog: Ashwin Madia, DFL-3rd CD candidate
12:00 p.m. In the second series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, DFL 3rd Congressional District candidate Ashwin Madia is giving a speech entitled, “Green…
Read MoreLive Blog: Climate Change and Energy Security
9:45 a.m. The second panel this morning at the Humphrey Institute’s America’s Future: Conversations about Politics and Policy during the 2008 Republican National Convention is entitled “Climate Change and Energy Security.” Moderated by Reid Detchon (Executive Director, Energy and Climate,…
Read MoreHumphrey Institute to Host Premier Politics & Policy Forum September 1-4
As the Republican National Convention convenes in St. Paul on September 1, the University of Minnesota and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is creating the premier forum for independent and respected analysis and commentary during the Convention….
Read MoreHumphrey Institute to Host Premier Politics & Policy Forum September 1-4
As the Republican National Convention convenes in St. Paul on September 1, the University of Minnesota and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is creating the premier forum for independent and respected analysis and commentary during the Convention….
Read MoreMinnesota House Gas Tax Increase In Step With Statewide Majority View
In the seven weeks since its initial House approval in late March, the DFL found 7 more votes in a bill passage earlier this week that would raise the state’s gas tax by a nickel per gallon to a potential…
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