For today's Sunday Take , Blois sits down with Republican House Leader Lisa Demuth and DFL Leader Melissa Hortman discussing the opening days of the legislative session!

Tackled a variety of topics in today’s Sunday Take with Blois Olson as he chatted with the new GOP chair for Minnesota Alex Plechash about the 2020 Election, BPOU’s, January 6th four years later and much more! Also for today’s take - what do YOU the listeners want to see or hear in 2025 ?

Final episode of what has been a chaotic and busy year in politics - we reflect on some of the biggest happenings of this year including the latest story of the tragic passing of Former Minnesota DFLer Kari Dziedzic in her battle with cancer. Also Peter Callaghan, of MinnPost joins Blois to talk about the tragic passing, the situation with the Minnesota House and Senate, what he would like to see in 2025 and Blois gives his final take of 2024.

This week Blois sits down with Senator Mark Koran - R and Senator Heather Gustafson - DFL, to cover fraud in Minnesota voting, the upcoming legislative session and protecting taxpayer dollars and putting it to use towards changes in Minnesota with the budget.

Representing Minnesota’s Congressional District, fresh off a big win in November, U.S. Representative Angie Craig has found a new voice and it could lead to more as we close in on 2026 - Blois Olson chatted with Representative Angie Craig about this, rural areas, getting a farm bill done and much more in today’s Sunday Take!

This week Blois sat down with the somewhat new President on campus at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham about her role in the first six months and what her plans are when it comes to developing relationships when it comes to the University, the state and its communities as we near a budget year in 2026 as well as the importance of presenting infrastructure needs, tuition and more to legislation.

News broke recently that long time political expert over at KARE 11, John Croman was calling it a career and he joined Blois on the Sunday Take to recap his career in television covering politics and what is his next chapter! Also what are some of the interesting political conversations you had at the Thanksgiving table this past week and Blois shares today's take!

We are a few weeks clear of Election Day and we are slowly learning who President elect Donald Trump will have in his corner in this coming term. We talked to Congressman Tom Emmer, Majority Whip for the Minnesota House of Representatives on a variety of topics from border patrol and immigration methods, looking ahead to the 2026 Governors race, CBS polls and more.

We are one and a half weeks from Election Day and there is still some cleanup as far as voter integrity, especially in Minnesota from Hubbard County and elsewhere - we talked to former State Representative for Minnesota Pat Garofalo about the errors made, the 67-67 tie and even snuck in a Vikings prediction! And then we talked about voting integrity and security and potential upcoming changes in the next legislative session with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and finally Blois shares today’s take!

As the country continues to digest the election, Blois breaks down the key factors on the decisions made at both the state and national levels. To further drill down on the Minnesota impacts, he speaks with State Representatives Melissa Hortman and Lisa Demuth about how the State House will govern with a true dead-even split.