ELECTIONS
Legislative notebook: Voters to decide if council should set lawmaker pay
By Don Davis Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 whether decisions about how much legislators are paid should be handed to an independent group. The House and Senate passed the proposed constitution...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 12:57 PM
Cottage Grove city incumbents are top campaign spenders
Peterson, Bailey and Olsen top election spending campaignBy Scott Wente , February 05, 2013
DFL spends more in 2 of 3 south Washington County legislative races
2012 funding the reverse of 2010 campaignBy Scott Wente , February 05, 2013
Cottage Grove City Council members sworn in for second terms
By Scott Wente , January 02, 2013
Minnesota vote up, but more voters possible
More than 76 percent of Minnesota’s eligible voters cast ballots Nov. 6, best in the country, but the state’s top election official says even more would participate if they could vote early.By Don Davis , November 28, 2012
McNamara re-elected in District 54B
State Rep. Denny McNamara rolled to re-election but saw his Republican Party lose control of the Minnesota House.By Scott Wente , November 15, 2012
Sieben: Back to majority, now in leadership
Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol — and into a Senate majority that she will now help lead.By Scott Wente , November 15, 2012
Senate Democratic leader names committee chairmen
Incoming Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk has announced who will lead committees for the next four years.By Don Davis , November 15, 2012
Sieben to lead Minnesota Senate elections panel
By Scott Wente , November 15, 2012
Schoen: Legislative control is 'heavy burden' for DFL
Republicans pulled out a surprising win in south Washington County in 2010 en route to claiming control of the Minnesota Legislature, but the political pendulum swung the other way locally and statewide just two years later.By Scott Wente , November 14, 2012
After ballot defeats, a piecemeal approach planned for Cottage Grove park improvements
With voters on Election Day delivering a sizable defeat to a pair of ballot questions that proposed sweeping park and recreation enhancements, Cottage Grove officials say the city will now fall back on a long-term plan to complete piecemeal park improvements over the next decade.November 13, 2012
Voter turnout in south Washington County above state rate
Washington County had a higher voter turnout rate last week than the overall state rate.By Scott Wente , November 13, 2012
Sieben joins DFL majority leadership
By Don Davis , November 09, 2012
Katie Sieben picked as Senate deputy leader; Sen. Tom Bakk to be majority leader
Sen. Tom Bakk will be the Minnesota Senate’s leader and Sen. Katie Sieben of Cottage Grove will be the deputy leader.By Don Davis , November 08, 2012
Sieben wins re-election in Senate District 54; Quinlan says voters chose 'career politician'
Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol – and to a Senate controlled again by her fellow Democrats.By Scott Wente , November 07, 2012
Cottage Grove voters turn away park referendums
Cottage Grove voters roundly rejected a pair of ballot questions Tuesday that proposed to borrow millions of dollars to pay for wide-ranging improvements to the city’s park system.November 07, 2012
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