Every ounce mattered: How Minnesota saved eighth seat in U.S. House A margin of 26 people helped state beat out N.Y. May 1, 2021 5:46pm Text size Copy shortlink:
XP Lee hadn t thought much about the census before attending a 2018 meeting on the nationwide population count for his job with the city of Brooklyn Park.
But he sat up when state officials said Minnesota came within 15,000 people of losing one of its eight seats in Congress a decade ago and things were looking even tighter now.
He figured there were thousands of people undercounted in his own Hmong community. I realized you only get this one opportunity every 10 years, said Lee, who decided to leave his job with the city to work on statewide census efforts.
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) When the Minnesota Legislature convenes for its 2021 regular session Tuesday, it won’t look like a normal session. The House will meet entirely via Zoom until further notice because of the pandemic. The Senate will try a hybrid approach. And the Capitol will remain surrounded by riot fencing.
That’s going to make it a challenge for lawmakers to interact with each other, their constituents and the advocates for a myriad of causes who normally would rally under the Capitol rotunda or fan out through the halls and hearing rooms. With the Capitol complex mostly closed to the public, phone calls, emails and online meetings will replace most of the traditional face-to-face work. And that’s going to make it harder for citizens and even well-connected lobbyists to be heard.
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