Minn. Lawmakers Prep For Flood Relief Session
Lawmakers are preparing for a special session focused on the state's response to severe flooding in Duluth and other communities.
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Lawmakers are preparing for a special session focused on the state's response to severe flooding in Duluth and other communities.
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz and the two Republicans competing to challenge him appear before an audience of farmers on Tuesday.
Sen. Al Franken says more than 123,000 Minnesotans are benefiting from insurance rebates under a provision he sponsored in the federal health law, even though some won't get checks in the mail.
A $600 million line of credit that has served as a safety valve for Minnesota's cash-strapped government has expired and won't be renewed.
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is calling the shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin an act of "mass murder by a madman with a gun in his hand." And she says the killings show the need for gun control.
The country's leading gay rights group is donating $1 million to campaigns in four states where gay marriage is on the ballot this fall.
You could say former Governor Tim Pawlenty was left at the alter four years ago when John McCain bypassed him for the number two spot on the GOP ticket, choosing instead Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
They're calling each other "unelectable" and "hypocritical." And those are just a couple of the milder epithets Republicans Mike Parry and Allen Quist have thrown at each other in a personally tinged primary race in southern Minnesota.
Former President Bill Clinton and other dignitaries are in town to honor former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. A statue of Humphrey was dedicated Saturday at the state capital.
St. Paul's top prosecutor won't pursue criminal charges against former Minnesota Republican Party chairman Tony Sutton for fundraising irregularities.
Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous July 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.
Gov. Mark Dayton is considering a former U.S. attorney and three judges for his first appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Republican Mike Parry is running a shoestring primary campaign in southern Minnesota as he lags fellow Republican Allen Quist in fundraising.
Democrat Tarryl Clark continues to spend more than primary rivals Rick Nolan and Jeff Anderson in northeastern Minnesota's 8th District.
