At 90, Quie Still Engaged In Issues Of The Day
Al Quie is Minnesota's longest-living former governor, having just turned 90 years old on Wednesday. Quie remains keenly involved in the debate on issues of the day, such as the Affordable Care Act.
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Al Quie is Minnesota's longest-living former governor, having just turned 90 years old on Wednesday. Quie remains keenly involved in the debate on issues of the day, such as the Affordable Care Act.
Electronic betting games introduced a year ago to help pay for construction of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium did not end up raising a single cent for the project, but some charities that operate them have benefited anyway.
The Minnesota Vikings now have a 0-2 record for the season, and some are asking whether it's time for a major change. One fan thinks he has the solution: get rid of quarterback Christian Ponder. In fact, he took his issues to a higher authority.
A former aide to Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has filed a second ethics complaint against an Iowa state senator, alleging the lawmaker broke Senate rules by seeking payment for political work.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf should have to cover much of the team's share of stadium construction from their own pockets, not through profit from expensive personal seat licenses.
With 35 candidates, the Mayor's race in Minneapolis is so crowded that candidates have complained about not being invited to candidate forums and being ignored by the news media.
Minnesota, of course, has had some pretty wacky elections. Topping them all, most would say, was the 1998 Governor's race, where former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura used some unconventional campaign commercials to help him ride to victory.
MNsure is under fire, again. This time it's because of an employee accidentally sent out an email containing the personal information of thousands of Minnesotans.
A Taiwanese agriculture delegation on a visit to Minnesota has formalized a letter of intent to purchase $3.5 billion in U.S.-grown soybeans and corn over the next two years. It's not clear what share of that Minnesota farmers will fulfill.
Minnesota's attempt to use electronic gambling in bars as a Vikings stadium revenue source has proven to be a bust. Even Gov. Mark Dayton admits as much in a Minnesota Public Radio News report Friday analyzing how early assumptions proved so wrong.
During a visit to Minnesota on Friday, a Taiwanese agriculture delegation formalized a letter of intent to purchase $3.5 billion in U.S.-grown soybeans and corn over the next two years. It's not yet clear what share Minnesota farmers will fulfill in 2014 and 2015, but an official said the state's crops have typically exceeded 10 percent of the volume in prior arrangements with Taiwan.
Leaders of Minnesota's new health insurance exchange moved quickly to fix what they now admit was a mistake.
An appeals court decision could allow a man who was barred from distributing Bibles at Twin Cities Pride to resume doing so unrestricted in Loring Park next year. Brian Johnson said he had been distributing Bibles at the event since 1995 without issue.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he shares concerns that Minnesota's health insurance exchange has neglected black and Somali community groups in its initial enrollment drive. The Democratic governor says that he's communicated that to the executive director of MNsure.
In response to President Barack Obama's address on Syria Tuesday night, Rep. Michele Bachmann released a statement, saying not only had Obama failed to provide clear reasoning as to why U.S. military intervention might be needed but that his administration's handling of the whole situation has been "stunningly incompetent and incoherent."
