Romney Edges Santorum In Conservatives' Straw Poll
Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists.
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Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists.
Mitt Romney hoped to reinvigorate his presidential prospects with a victory in Maine's GOP caucuses Saturday while Ron Paul reached for his first triumph in what shaped up as a two-man race because neither Newt Gingrich nor Rick Santorum actively competed in the state .
State Justice Department officials say they've caught up with the deluge of concealed carry applications and are meeting turn-around deadlines again.
Ramsey County leaders are back on the offense in the stadium game with a new funding proposal to get the Arden Hills stadium site back on the legislature's radar. The only problem: The Vikings don't like it.
The foot-tall chunk of marble sitting in a state administrative office once was part of the Minnesota Capitol's ornamental scrollwork, one small detail on architect Cass Gilbert's century-old jewel. Now, it's mainly a reminder of this aging building's many deferred needs.
Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed four Republican-sponsored bills Friday that made major changes to the state's civil legal system, describing the legislation as the product of special interest groups and again criticizing legislative Republicans, saying they're "too extreme to lead."
The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday against a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban marriage for same-sex couples in Minnesota.
The chairwoman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents says she's seeking two legal opinions on whether regent and former state House speaker Steve Sviggum has a conflict of interest with a new Republican staff job at the Capitol.
Four Republican Wisconsin state senators targeted by recall efforts will fail to successfully challenge enough petition signatures to stave off elections, a Democrat organizing efforts to replace them predicted Friday.
Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has "callousness toward life and family and faith."
The latest proposal for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium has the team playing home games more than two hours from the Twin Cities.
The latest city to throw its hat into the ring for a new Vikings stadium? Duluth, Minn.
President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
A bill expanding the situations where citizens can use deadly force in their home is headed for a vote by the full Minnesota Senate.
Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday the Minnesota Security Hospital that houses patients who have been committed as mentally ill or sexually dangerous is antiquated and in need of upgrades — improvements that he argues are made even more urgent by the recent departures of seven of the facility's psychiatrists.
