BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 1/12/12
It was a big day for Vikings owner and New Jersey real estate developer Zygi Wilf at the State Capitol, Jan. 12, when plans were submitted by the City of Minneapolis, Ramsey County and others for a new Vikings football stadium.
BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 12/08/11
“There should be no public funds used, from any source, to pay for a rich man’s stadium,” said the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout’s Linden Gawboy, testifying at a Dec. 6 state Senate committee hearing.
BY Kim DeFranco | St. Paul, Minnesota | 11/29/11
Chanting "Money for human needs, not for stadiums," members of the Welfare
Rights Committee, the Minnesota Coalition for a Peoples' Bailout and supporters from
OccupyMN gathered outside Senate Taxes and Local Government and Elections committee
hearing, Nov. 29, at the State Capitol building. The committee was holding an informational
hearing on proposals to build a new stadium complex for the Minnesota Vikings football team
owner - a New Jersey real estate developer named Zygi Wilf.
BY Mick Kelly | Saint Paul, MN | 6/30/11
Members and supporters of the Welfare Rights Committee gathered on the steps of the state capitol building here, June 30, unfurling a huge banner reading “Tax the rich! No cuts to poor and working people.”
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 6/08/11
Members and supporters of the Welfare Rights Committee held signs outside the Governors’ mansion, June 8, to send the message “No cuts to poor and working people” and “Tax the rich, or shut government down.”
BY Deb Konechne | Saint Paul, MN | 5/22/11
As the legislative session nears its final day, Republicans continue to push the state toward a government shutdown. For working and poor, disabled and elderly Minnesotans, a government shutdown would by far be a better outcome than the deadly cuts that Republicans are trying to force down our throats.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/16/11
Protesters gathered on the front steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, April 15 with a message for state legislators and Governor Dayton: “Tax the rich. No more attacks on poor and working people.” High winds whipped a giant banner spread out across the capitol steps.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/06/11
Members of the Twin Cities based Welfare Rights Committee showed up at the Minnesota State Capitol, April 6, picketing the session of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Kim DeFranco of the Welfare Rights Committee said the purpose of the action was to “put poor bashing politicians on notice that low income people will fight them every step of the way.”
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/15/11
Minnesota Republicans are pushing legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more $20 in cash in their pockets any given month.
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 12/28/10
Protesters will assemble at the Minnesota State Capitol Building, at 12 noon, Jan. 4 to say no to attacks on programs that serve poor and working people. Organized by the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, the action will coincide with the opening of the Minnesota State legislature.
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