Dayton Visits Farmfest, Promotes Farm Exports
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he hopes to boost the state's farm exports when he goes on a couple of trade missions this fall.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he hopes to boost the state's farm exports when he goes on a couple of trade missions this fall.
Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have voted for emergency legislation allowing the government to borrow more money and avoid a U.S. government default.
One of the nation's leading gay-rights groups has formed a political action committee in Minnesota in preparation for next year's statewide vote on whether the state Constitution should prohibit gay marriage.
Voters across Wisconsin are receiving misleading information about the dates of upcoming recall elections.
A deficit-reduction deal approved by the U.S. House on Monday split Minnesota's representatives, with the plan losing support from the left and right ends of the state's congressional delegation.
To avert a future debt ceiling and budget crisis, Congress has appointed a commission; a group of 12 to hammer out a deal the other 523 members of the House and Senate could not, and did not.
A deficit-reduction deal headed for a critical vote in Congress lost support Monday from the left and right ends of Minnesota's congressional delegation, with both Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison and Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann opposed.
Defending a narrow victory in the 2010 Minnesota governor's race cost Democrat Mark Dayton almost $750,000 in legal fees.
Republican Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign isn't impressed with the debt limit deal in Washington but has stopped short of calling for its defeat.
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are expected to vote Monday on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit.
Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: You're for it or against it. Yet for the field of Republican presidential hopefuls, it's proving to be an awkward topic as public attitudes change and more states legalize gay unions, the latest being New York.
Racing the clock to avoid a government default, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts.
Two days away from the debt crisis and lawmakers are still trying to hammer out a deal.
Union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. have overwhelmingly rejected the company's final offer for a new five-year contract.
The debt ceiling debate is highlighting a divide amongst Republican leaders as many Republicans did not support House Speaker John Boehner's proposal Friday.
