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A no-new-taxes philosophy guided Tim Pawlenty's budget approach as Minnesota governor. Accounting tricks, a well-timed infusion of stimulus money from Washington and word games kept the Republican mostly on that course.
Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the entire budget from the Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday, guaranteeing that he will have to call a special session.
Lawmakers couldn't find a middle ground in the budget mess Monday night, and there weren't even meetings between Republican leaders and Democratic Governor Mark Dayton.
Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature plan to visit five communities around the state to urge Gov. Mark Dayton to support the state budget they passed.
Tim Pawlenty is casting himself as the Republican candidate willing to tell the country hard truths as he seeks the presidency, announcing in corn-dependent Iowa that its prized federal subsidies for ethanol should be phased out.
Ohio is playing host to a Minnesota congresswoman considering a 2012 presidential run.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is offering a muted response to the announcement that a Republican has stepped forward to challenge her re-election next year.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is returning to Iowa to headline a Republican Party event in Des Moines this month, as she nears a decision whether to run for president.
A proposed new Vikings stadium north of St. Paul is getting a muted reaction from lawmakers whose approval will be needed to pass a stadium bill.
Top Minnesota veterans officials say the state may be forced to close veterans' homes if Republican budget cuts are enacted. That claim has GOP leaders up in arms.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he's still waiting for legislative Republicans to send him a budget so they can start negotiating.
Gov. Mark Dayton's deadline for lawmakers to pass a budget is here, but lawmakers have yet to send him their budget bills.
The Minnesota House has passed a bill requiring voters to present a photo ID before they can cast a ballot.
The daring nighttime raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan draws a sharp contrast between President Barack Obama and a field of potential Republican challengers who have comparatively scant foreign policy experience.
A proposal expanding the right to use deadly force in self-defense is headed for a vote in the Republican-controlled House.
The lines are being drawn, and a new map for those districts could be released sometime this week.
Minnesota House Republicans are ready to spend millions in hopes of reaping millions more from people and businesses not paying all of the taxes owed.
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by voters who wanted to wear tea party T-shirts and buttons that said "Please I.D. Me" to the polls in last November's election.
The next congressional election is 18 months away, but you wouldn't know it listening to the radio or watching television around Duluth and the Iron Range.
Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature will use the last day of state lawmakers' Easter/Passover break to fly around Minnesota and tout their political agenda at stops in several cities.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has landed on Time magazine's 2011 list of 100 "most influential" people.
Two Minnesota Republicans who ran on the party's statewide ticket last fall emerged Tuesday as possible candidates in a 2012 U.S. Senate campaign that so far lacks any declared GOP candidates.
Out with Sarah. In with The Donald. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party's search for a challenger seems stranger by the day.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota says Michigan's Upper Peninsula could be in the wrong hands.
Minnesota Republicans re-elected state GOP chairman Tony Sutton to a second term Saturday.
