"You sure?" --Rep. Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka, deadpanned after Rep. Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, cast a vote for himself for another term as speaker of the Minnesota House.

...Keith Alan Jacobs II were married Oct. 13, 2001, at St. James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, N.C., with Father Ron Abrams officiating. Photos Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walker Floyd IV, Whiteville, N.C., and Mr. and Mrs. John...

...way Minnesota judges are elected, allowing voters to decide whether a judge should be retained for six years. Rep. Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka, says the move to put the so-called Missouri Plan in place in Minnesota was prompted by what he says...

...Jesse Ventura's plan to cap all vehicle registration fees at $99 once a car is three years old. House Tax Chairman Ron Abrams and Senate Tax Chairman Doug Johnson grudgingly backed the proposal to honor a three-way budget split that gave the...

...DFLers who say they go too deep. ''My goal is to right-size the Minnesota tax system,'' said House Tax Chairman Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka, said Wednesday. House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty, R-Eagan, added, ''We're going to be...

...details of this year's tax relief package. "We both have limits of authority," said lead House tax negotiator, Rep. Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka. "I think it's fair to say we're at the limits of our authority." The two sides have wrapped...

...relief and a state takeover of education funding. Such a move, described Wednesday by House Taxes Committee Chairman Ron Abrams, would put the GOP more in line with Gov. Jesse Ventura. "If we're going to be bludgeoned into this by the governor...

...committee intends to include a rebate in a broader tax bill instead of putting it to a vote individually. House Tax Chairman Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka, said he wants to wait until a new budget forecast comes out next week before assembling the bill...

...for today, Samuelson, the Senate president; Rep. Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka; and Attorney General Mike Hatch intended...then work in a bipartisan effort with House leaders like Ron Abrams to make sure the Fairness in Health Care Act becomes...

...into a heated battle between the DFL Senate's tax chairman and his GOP counterpart in the House. At one point, Rep. Ron Abrams, R-Minnetonka, stood up and nearly walked out of the hearing, saying the Senate's latest offer -- which would...