Oberstar Says Another Run Unlikely
Former Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar says another run for the 8th district isn't in his future.
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Former Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar says another run for the 8th district isn't in his future.
A House public safety panel considers a bill Thursday that would let the public look up more sex offenders and other predators online.
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann took another leap in her remarkable climb to national attention and tea party prominence with her freelance response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.
President Obama made news in his State of the Union message by proposing what sounds like a hard freeze on federal spending.
Several members of Minnesota's congressional delegation will put up their best comfort food in a friendly hot dish contest Wednesday.
Republican legislators pushed ahead Wednesday with their effort to make voters present photo identification at the polls, hoping to use their new political muscle to achieve a long-held election law goal.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is making headlines across the country for doing something unprecedented. Her decision to have her own response to the State of the Union has a lot of people speculating about divisions within the Republican Party.
Legislation that would repeal a Medicaid health care expansion ordered by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has cleared a Senate panel.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann told WCCO's John Williams, "It's always and honor and a privilege to listen to a president, no matter which party, deliver an address to the congress and the nation."
Crushed when the Green Bay Packers defeated his beloved Chicago Bears to win the NFC championship, President Barack Obama says his team will even the score next year.
Popular programs including college financial aid and flood and tornado relief wouldn't be at risk of budget cuts before July under a Senate version of a $1 billion deficit-reduction bill that advanced Wednesday.
Minnesota lawmakers could solve the state's projected $6.2 billion budget deficit in one fell swoop, but it would require the politically unpopular step of eliminating all exemptions to the state sales tax.
Minnesota health executive Lois Quam has signed to lead the multi-billion dollar Global Health Initiative at the U.S. State Department.
President Barack Obama's itinerary Wednesday includes a visit to Wisconsin, where he will repeat the revamped economic message he laid out in his State of the Union address.
Here's what's in store for Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's birthday: Have opposition party leaders over for breakfast and then move into meetings grim budget options.
