Quiet Wis. Town Reflects On Noise At Capitol
Alma, Wis. is a town that knows about history. Along the Mississippi in western Wisconsin, more than 200 buildings in the town create a National Historic District.
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Alma, Wis. is a town that knows about history. Along the Mississippi in western Wisconsin, more than 200 buildings in the town create a National Historic District.
Republican Tim Pawlenty's attempt to build his stature among tea party voters takes him to a summit in Arizona next week.
Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are praising Senate passage of a broad aviation bill.
A notable shift in Minnesota energy policy won approval from the state House on Thursday, when lawmakers voted to dump a ban on construction of new nuclear power plants.
Jarrod Hamdorf has been a math teacher for ten years. His wife's been a Spanish teacher for nine. They both have master's degrees. Even though they're established in their careers, they're both considering leaving the field.
Minnesota union members are watching the labor unrest in Wisconsin closely. And the head of the state's 43,000-member public employees union says what's happening in the Badger State is also headed for Minnesota.
Target Corp. has revised its policy concerning political giving a few months after a controversy over its $150,000 donation to a business group that was backing a conservative Republican candidate for Minnesota governor.
A group of Wisconsin lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday by ignoring orders to attend a vote and instead left the state to force Republicans to negotiate over the proposal.
Gov. Mark Dayton is criticizing a plan for an alternative way to license new teachers that is now moving through the Legislature.
More than 24,500 students had classes canceled in Madison, Wis. Wednesday and about 40 percent of teachers, assistants, and social workers in the city called in sick, according to a report from CNN.
Rep. Michele Bachmann says she hasn't decided whether to run for president but wants to help "set the table" for debate in the 2012 White House sweepstakes.
Religious leaders from around Minnesota are gathering at the Capitol to meet with state lawmakers on issues including poverty, taxation, human rights and health care.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is scheduled to be in Minneapolis on Thursday to kick off a series of national conferences intended to help small and medium-sized businesses export their products.
Representatives of the Minnesota Department of Education are set to present Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed education budget to the House Education Finance Committee.
While Gov. Mark Dayton's plan for giant income tax hike made the biggest budget splash, a closer examination of his proposal reveals a smattering of fee increases on consumers and industry professionals far more likely to be enacted.
