Esme's Blog: Bachmann Surges
Anyone who has any doubt about Rep. Michele Bachmann pulling off a presidential bid can bury those doubts now.
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Anyone who has any doubt about Rep. Michele Bachmann pulling off a presidential bid can bury those doubts now.
Minnesota legislators are arriving at a self-imposed budget deadline.
Gov. Mark Dayton's top health adviser is joining Sen. Al Franken and U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison to praise the federal health care overhaul on its one-year anniversary.
Tea party favorite and Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is feeling pressure from the political calendar to rush a decision on a White House bid and may announce her intentions as early as May, one of her top advisers said Thursday.
Democrats who represent Minnesota's Iron Range in the Legislature are ripping Republican plans to shift money out of an economic development trust fund fueled by a production tax on mining companies.
A western Wisconsin man has been arrested for stealing some petitions to recall state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf.
Lower unemployment and bankruptcies helped reduce the nation's economic stress in January compared with a year earlier, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis. Still, the figures show the economy has yet to regain full health.
There will be more than just political animals at the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday. There will be some real animals, too.
Gov. Mark Dayton speaks to a supportive audience of local government officials Thursday as a tax bill cutting state payments to cities and counties advances at the Capitol.
Three potential Republican presidential candidates courted home-school advocates in Iowa on Wednesday, saying the government was a threat and may have "trampled" on the rights of parents to educate their children.
As rising waters threaten nearly every part of Minnesota, state lawmakers on Wednesday looked at spending tens of millions of dollars in state-issued bonds to help pay for local projects to control floods and prevent damage to homes, infrastructure and crops.
Minnesota Senate Republicans proposed a tax package Wednesday that cuts business property taxes and provides about $40 million worth of property tax refunds to middle class taxpayers, while reducing state aid to local governments by about $640 million and giving them more latitude to raise local sales taxes.
Gov. Mark Dayton toughened his stance toward health plans that manage care for subsidized health programs on Wednesday, ordering competitive bidding for state contracts and a new level of financial disclosure.
It's the one-year anniversary of the controversial federal health care law and it's still making waves in Minnesota. A state Senate committee unveiled a bill that dismantles many parts of it.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will be keynote speakers at an April event by the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.
