...everybody, including House leaders, say it's really dead. Such resurrections have provided a lesson to freshman Sen. Mady Reiter, R-Shoreview. "No bill ever seems to really go away," an exasperated Reiter said during a Senate floor debate...

...tax rebate. An attempt to replace that funding with other money was turned back on a procedural motion. "That one piece makes it almost impossible to go ahead and put a 'yes' vote on the board," said Sen. Mady Reiter, R-Shoreview.

...found that 169 of 230 districts responding said that their students say the pledge with some regularity. But Sen. Mady Reiter, a chief sponsor of the bill, said 169 weren't enough. "I am very disappointed that the governor ... saw fit...

...Senate committee rejected one bill and put off indefinitely a vote on another. "I am at a loss for words," said Sen. Mady Reiter, R-Shoreview and the author of the bill the Senate Education Committee wouldn't vote on. "I never have doubted...

...arguments colored a Senate Education Committee hearing earlier Wednesday. That bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Mady Reiter of Shoreview, advanced to the floor on a 24-4 vote after two hours of discussion. The bill was amended to remove...

...believes this amendment is a right of each individual citizen. A group of conservative Senate women -- Pat Pariseau, Mady Reiter, and Carrie Ruud spoke eloquently in favor of the "conceal-carry" bill, and propelled its passage. In the process...