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Steve Drazkowski

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    February 22, 2012

    Minnesota Republicans float strange ideas about online sales tax collection

    ​Currently, very few Minnesotans pay sales taxes for online purchases. But Minnesotans do pay sales taxes for purchases they make at physical retail locations. Hence, physical retail locations face a more onerous tax burden than online retailers like Amazon.State lawmakers on both sides of the ais ... More >>

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    July 5, 2011

    Minnesota lawmakers not accepting their salary: The full list

    ​After Gov. Mark Dayton announced he would not accept a paycheck during the shutdown, we asked all the Minnesota legislators whether they would follow suit. While the vast majority didn't reply, we got some responses and put together a preliminary list. Now we've got our hands on the official li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    If Bachmann's "twaddle" matches Drazkowski's, that's equality: Comment Of The Day

    Bring on the debate!​Amy Myers, a New Jersey high school sophomore, has challenged Rep. Michele Bachmann to a debate so that the congresswoman can prove she's a credit to her gender, rather than a badly misinformed and gaffe prone political hack. Our Comment Of The Day goes to Sally Joe Soren ... More >>

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    April 28, 2011

    Mary Kiffmeyer introduces voter ID constitutional amendment

    Mary Kiffmeyer wants to see some ID. Now.​Republicans in the Legislature keep promoting solutions that are in search of problems. Today's example: Minnesotans in 2012 are very likely going to to be asked to amend the state constitution so that it requires voters to show proof of identification ... More >>

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    April 21, 2011

    Steve Drazkowski, City Pages' "Best Villain," calls the award an honor

    Gracious in victory.​Rep. Steve Drazkowski, the GOP legislator from Mazeppa, is showing the class of a champion. This week City Pages bestowed upon Drazkowski our annual "Best Villain" award, citing the impressive raft of retrograde legislation he has launched in the past year. Kind of a ba ... More >>

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    January 31, 2011

    Bill Ingebrigtsen carries English-only bill into state Senate

    Bill Ingebrigtsen wants you to speak English only.​State Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, a guy with enough Scandinavian in his surname to qualify as a character in an O.E. Rolvaag yarn about immigrant hardship on the prairie, is carrying the flag for English-only into the Minnesota Senate. Yah. He wa ... More >>

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    January 27, 2011

    Rep. Tony Cornish: Firearms background check repeal critic is "rude"

    Cornish wants to make it easier to buy guns in Minnesota.​Rep. Tony Cornish says that the "bald-headed goon" responsible for the bloodbath in Tucson a few weeks ago - Jared Loughner -- wouldn't have been stopped from buying a gun in Minnesota, had he tried. The Good Thunder Republican's think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Republicans want "Choose Life" license plates

    The "Choose Life" llicense plate being proposed by Republicans.​Republicans are busy in the culture warrior kitchen. Today, a group of them introduced H.F. 91, which calls for the creation of "Choose Life" license plates. Funds from the sale of the plates would be directed only to counties that a ... More >>

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    January 12, 2011

    Steve Drazkowski wants English-only to fight "fractionation"

    Steve Drazkowski just wants a little unity.​While his fellow Republicans in the Legislature promise to create more jobs, Rep. Steve Drazkowski wants to make sure that non-English speakers can't drive to theirs. The Mazeppa Republican, who also wants an Arizona-style immigration policy in Minn ... More >>

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    June 8, 2010

    Most Minnesotans support cops demanding citizenship papers

    ​A new Rassmussen poll finds that while Minnesotans are more liberal than other Americans in their opinions on illegal immigration, that's not necessarily saying much.Sure, Minnesota came in second to last among the 16 states polled on the question of whether police should have to check the im ... More >>

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    May 27, 2010

    Police Chief Tim Dolan hits AZ immigration law in D.C. trip

    Photo: drcuervoNot what Dolan and Rybak want in Minneapolis​Minneapolis Police Chief Tom Dolan is wading further into the debate over Arizona's controversial new antiimmigrant law. He was among a gathering of nine top cops from around the nation who met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder i ... More >>

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    May 13, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty's pastor opposes Arizona's anti-immigration law

    Leith Anderson, Tim Pawlenty's pastor​The Rev. Leith Anderson, pastor at Wooddale Church in Edina -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty's church -- and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, is part of a growing movement among Christian conservatives criticizing Arizona's new and controversial ... More >>

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    May 7, 2010

    Top cops Dolan and Harrington oppose Arizona-style anti-immigrant law

    Photo: drcuervoDolan and Harrington don't want to see your papers​Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan and St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington have just issued a joint statement saying they are dead set against the Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill introduced to the state House yesterday by St ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    Al Franken says Arizona immigration law "goes way to far"

    Another Minnesota pol joins the backlash against Arizona​Count U.S. Sen. Al Franken in as the latest member of Minnesota's congressional delegation to come out against Arizona's heavily criticized new anti-immigration law. "I think that it's bad for public safety. It goes way too far," he tol ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    Steve Drazkowski introduces Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill

    No Mexicans need apply, as far as Steve Drazkowski's concerned​He threatened he'd do it, and now he has: Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski has introduced a bill in the Minnesota House he says is modeled after the hardline anti-immigration law just passed in Arizona. "The Democrats won't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Drazkowski defends Arizona-style immigration bill

    Steve Drazkowski: The Minnesota Representative from Arizona​Yesterday we introduced you to Steve Drazkowski, the Republican representative who wants to import Arizona's anti-immigrant legislation to Minnesota.We called Drazkowski to learn more about his bill and see if he'd say anything crazy. He ... More >>

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    May 4, 2010

    Keith Ellison rips "fascist, racist" Arizona immigration law

    ​Add Rep. Keith Ellison's voice to the critics in Minnesota of Arizona's breathing-while-Mexican anti-immigration law. The fifth district congressman called the Arizona measure fascist and racist in a brief and passionate appearance during a protest over the weekend in Loring Park. "We must ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Steve Drazkowski wants to bring Arizona anti-immigration to Minnesota

    http://www.draz.com/ Rep. Steve Drazkowksi wants to turn Minnesota into Arizona​Most of the country is looking askance at Arizona, clucking their tongues in disapproval and planning boycotts over a law requiring authorities to check the papers of anyone who looks vaguely Mexican. Even so ... More >>

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