Inside the Capitol

  • Immigration reform must protect families, human dignity

    Posted by · May 10, 2011 10:00 AM

    In the past decade, the federal government has spent $117 billion on immigration enforcement, yet the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States continues to grow.

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  • Move budget talks from ideology to priorities

    Posted by · April 27, 2011 10:00 AM

    All the discussion around Minne­sota’s $5 billion budget deficit seems to suggest that Minnesotans face an either/or choice of how to understand the budget: “Government and Taxes Are Good” vs. “Government and Taxes Are Bad.”

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