Report: Bachmann Gains Swiss Citizenship
Rep. Michele Bachmann is now a citizen of Switzerland.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann is now a citizen of Switzerland.
Minnesota lawmakers are denying owners of football's Vikings exclusive rights to recruit a professional soccer club as part of a stadium deal.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has easily defeated token opposition in a GOP primary in a recall election that has become a nationally watched battle over union rights.
Funding has always been a crucial part of the debate for a new Vikings stadium.
Minnesota legislators have come up with a way to fund local development projects that relieves them of the hassle that comes from picking winners and losers.
Wisconsin voters filed into polling stations Tuesday to decide whether to give Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett a rematch against Republican Gov. Scott Walker in next month's rare recall election or whether to back one of Barrett's fellow Democrats.
A nearly $500 million construction package cleared the MinnesotaLegislature on Monday, but has to revisit the House after the Senate squeezed in more projects.
The Minnesota House has voted to pass the $975 million stadium bill late Monday night.
The Minnesota House on Monday approved borrowing $496 million for statewide construction.
The Minnesota House is putting a negotiated Vikings stadium deal in doubt.
In a Minnesota Capitol struck with stadium fever, other work stands between legislators and their session finish line.
Among the more controversial statements on the stadium all week was one made by House Speaker Kurt Zellers on KFAN radio where he said he hoped the stadium bill passed but he planned to vote against it.
Minnesota Vikings stadium enthusiasts are calling Monday's vote "Game Day For Jobs."
Monday is game day for lawmakers -- that's when the House will vote on whether to help fund a new $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium. Both sides of the issue weigh in.
Stadium votes don't run along party lines in the Minnesota Legislature and can be the most difficult — and visible — that lawmakers ever cast.
