Pawlenty Blasts Bachmann's 'Nonexistent' Record
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says 2012 rival Michele Bachmann has a "nonexistent" record of accomplishment during her three terms in Congress.
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Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says 2012 rival Michele Bachmann has a "nonexistent" record of accomplishment during her three terms in Congress.
Minnesota Lawmkers Scott Dibble, Betty McCollum and Geoff Michel stopped by WCCO 4 News Sunday Morning to talk with Esme Murphy about various aspects of the state government shutdown, which is in its record 10th day.
Thousands of Somalis in Minnesota are expected to show support for the new prime minister of their homeland.
Gov. Mark Dayton will serve steaks to Minnesota National Guard soldiers and their families during an event at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin.
At midnight Sunday July 10 Minnesota will enter the record books, breaking the record for the longest state shutdown in the nation's history.
Instead of sending Minnesota's elected leaders into a frenzy of activity, the nation's only state government shutdown has deepened the political paralysis that led them to their budget standoff. Top Democrats and Republicans have given no sign when they will talk again about how to resolve the stalemate.
Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where a late summer test vote could make or break him.
Minnesota is about to enter the record books: the longest state government shutdown in modern history.
An organization impacted by the government shutdown has deiced to protest the shutdown by having their employees grow mustaches.
Day eight of the Minnesota government shutdown could be called the day of "no:" No talks scheduled, no progress, no urgency and no signs of a compromise.
The Ramsey County judge overseeing state spending in the government shutdown has ordered continued funding for several Minnesota Historical Society operations and continued pension payments for former state executive officers but denied a request to fund insurance investigators at the Department of Commerce.
Since the shutdown has canceled any type of camping at State Parks, some have decided to camp out on Minnesota's capitol lawn.
Republican Michele Bachmann will spend her third consecutive weekend in Iowa during a three-day swing that includes the opening of her presidential campaign headquarters there.
A state agency that was created to keep neighborhoods safe is now closed because of the shutdown.
The Minnesota congressman who chairs the U.S. House education committee proposed Thursday to cut some strings that come with federal education money, but his new bill drew quick criticism from the U.S. Department of Education.
