Michael McIntee is a former network TV news executive with more than 30 years of broadcasting experience. He began his broadcasting career at the University of Minnesota's student radio station. He is an expert producer, writer, video editor who has a fondness for new technology but denies that he is a geek. More about Michael McIntee »
Journalist Dan Heyman was arrested Tuesday afternoon as he attempted to ask questions of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Price was at the State Capitol to meet with West Virginia lawmakers and others about the opioid epidemic. Continue Reading →
Minnesota Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan says Democrats have been calling her with threats and sending Facebook messages demeaning her with racial slurs in response to a racist post a Republican put on a Minnesota GOP Facebook page. Continue Reading →
An analysis of early-childhood education in Minnesota has been released, and advocates are calling for full funding of child-care assistance, saying it’s more likely those kids have access to Pre-K programs. Continue Reading →
Ramsey County Commissioner Blake Huffman announced he is running for the Governor of Minnesota in 2018. As the first Major Republican to announce, Commissioner Huffman is seeking the GOP endorsement. Continue Reading →
Cutting health care, eliminating safe and sick time and frightening undocumented workers in Minnesota are all just plain mean, say Minnesota religious leaders. Continue Reading →
Respect is needed says Minnesota House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman who isn’t ready to play cards yet with her Republican detractors. Continue Reading →
House Majority Leader says both parties, both genders guilty of not listening to House floor debate. “At some point there’s not a lot of new issues, it’s just new stories about how a certain thing impacts them,” says Rep. Joyce Peppin. Continue Reading →
DFL House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman was not about to apologize for saying that white males at the legislature were ignoring what women, particularly women of color, had to say on the House floor.
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Four candidates are vying for the DFL endorsement for St. Paul Mayor— Melvin Carter III, Tom Goldstein, Pat Harris, and Dai Thao. They participate in a candidates forum. Continue Reading →
Tony Webster, a self-proclaimed “web engineer, public records researcher, and policy nerd” receives this year’s John R. Finnegan Freedom Of Information Award. Watch the replay of the event here on The UpTake. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump tries to connect his campaign promises with legislation on health care, infrastructure and taxes. Continue Reading →
Trains with flammable crude oil and hazardous materials rumble next to people’s homes across Minnesota on a daily basis. The state has new regulations and training to reduce the hazard, but is still needs more cooperation from the railroads. Continue Reading →
There were no pitchforks. No unruly mobs. And no paid protesters. There was also no Congressman Erik Paulsen. But there was an orderly discussion of the issues that the crowd of 600 wanted to ask their congressman about. Continue Reading →
Community anger in north Minneapolis over the police shooting of Jamar Clark is a force in the 2017 Minneapolis City Council races. That was apparent this past Thursday as activists and residents an opportunity to directly question City Council candidates about stopping police violence. Continue Reading →
Guns don’t make Minnesota safer, and too often lead to heart-breaking stories — that was the Valentine’s Day message from religious and gun safety groups to lawmakers. Continue Reading →
Rep. Paulsen is doing what most Congressional Republicans are doing — avoiding face-to-face confrontations with unhappy constituents over the repeal of ObamaCare. Continue Reading →
Downtown Minneapolis was jammed Tuesday night with thousands of people opposed to President Donald Trump’s executive orders preventing immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump nominated judge Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday to be a US Supreme Court Justice. Gorsuch’s nomination comes after Senate Republicans for 10 months refused to hold a hearing on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Continue Reading →
A move to add Minnesota to the National Popular Vote Interstate compact was blocked in a Republican controlled House committee on a party-line vote after it was called “mob democracy.”
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Minnesota’s US Senators say President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees is not only likely unconstitutional, but it was not well thought through and has resulted in “chaos.” Continue Reading →
Trump appeared to take delight in the disruption he has caused in his first week in office. “Everybody’s talking about it.” Continue Reading →
Rep. Nancy Pelosi warns of the catastrophic effects repealing the law would have on the public and chides the Trump administration over the size of the inaugural crowd compared to the Women’s March. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May. He also speaks at the swearing-in of his new Secretary of Defense at 3pm CT/ 4pm ET. Continue Reading →
A large bipartisan group of Minnesota leaders is vowing resistance to President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security’s and explains his new executive orders relating to building a wall on the Mexico-US border and cracking down on “sanctuary cities”. Continue Reading →
