Dayton Wants More-Frequent Campaign Disclosure
Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants Minnesota lawmakers to require political campaigns and outside groups to report their finances four times a year, more frequently than they do now.
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Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants Minnesota lawmakers to require political campaigns and outside groups to report their finances four times a year, more frequently than they do now.
A Hibbing attorney has won a Democratic primary for a Minnesota House seat last held by former state Rep. Tony Sertich.
Gov. Mark Dayton's point man on the Minnesota Vikings stadium push is continuing to make the rounds at the State Capitol.
Wealthy candidates and a competitive primary made Democrats the big spenders in a Minnesota governor's race that the party won for the first time in two decades.
Republican Norm Coleman won't seek a return to the Senate in 2012 in a Minnesota race that would have pitted him against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Democrats plan to hold their 2012 nominating convention in Charlotte, N.C., selecting to fete President Barack Obama in a newly competitive presidential battleground in the conservative-leaning South.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he won't include new gambling dollars in the state budget he will present in two weeks.
The Republican caucus that took control of the Minnesota House last November spent only about two-thirds as much as Democrats did.
A new government report says that less than 1 percent of the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canada border is considered under the operational control of U.S. border officials.
Minnesota Republican Party chairman Tony Sutton says he'll try for a second term this spring.
Gov. Mark Dayton has turned to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system for his top technology adviser.
The victors are known. Now the benefactors will be, too.
Democrats on the Iron Range go to the polls Tuesday in a special primary election for an open Minnesota House seat.
Whenever Nicole Garcia visited gay-friendly churches with large numbers of Hispanic people in the congregation, she would check the brochures and other materials geared toward gay churchgoers and their families and usually find a common theme.
Gripped by tight limits during the campaign, labor unions wrote hefty checks to a post-election account for Democrat Mark Dayton after it appeared clear he would win Minnesota's close race for governor.
