by Charley Shaw
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Alice Hausman, economic development, Geoff Michel, infrastructure, Keith Langseth, Larry Pogemiller, recession, Steve Murphy, Tim Pawlenty
True to their pledge, DFL state legislators are pressing to pass a bonding bill quickly as they head into their first full week of the 2010 legislative session.
by G.R. Anderson, Jr.
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Vikings Stadium
The Vikings will attempt a new tack in trying to get the state to fork over some stadium money: job creation and economic stimulus.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: campaign finance, Cy Thao
State Rep. Cy Thao has been fined $3,000 and ordered to repay the state $1,721 for violating campaign finance rules.
by Steven B. Young
Published: February 5, 2010
Minnesota became famous for its caucus system of selecting candidates and party leaders. Yet today our political system seems out of touch with the people-and given over to gridlock and intransigence. To me, Tuesday's caucuses revealed themselves to be part of the problem.
by Gene Policinski
Published: February 5, 2010
As we mark the 50th anniversary this month of a hallmark image of the civil rights era - the earliest lunch-counter sit-ins - it's worth noting how all five freedoms in the First Amendment nurtured and empowered a movement that transformed our society.
by Bloomberg News
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Congressional races, Federal Election Commission
More than half of the most endangered U.S. House incumbents have already raised more than $1 million for their re-election campaigns, Federal Election Commission records show.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Kelliher, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Matt Entenza, Paul Thissen, R.T. Rybak
Paul Thissen is making one last ditch effort to reach DFL activists before they head off to precinct caucuses. It's shortly after 5:30 p.m. and Thissen's punching in phone numbers as a driver guides his vehicle towards Woodbury.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Governor, Mark Dayton, Marty Seifert, Tom Emmer
They had to sweep Tom Emmer out of South View Middle School in Edina on Tuesday night. But it was somehow fitting: It was Emmer's last stop on an ambitious three-hour sweep of GOP precinct caucuses that took the gubernatorial candidate from Eden Prairie to Eagan to Bloomington to Edina, during which he shook countless hands, listened to heartfelt concerns and never allowed his energy to flag.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 3, 2010
If you analyze it from a cynic's perspective - and really, what fun is it otherwise? - you could declare that the candidate who can marshal and spend the most money is destined to become the new occupant of the Minnesota governor's office next January.
by David Schultz
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Barack Obama, David Schultz, Legislature, Republican Party of Minnesota
Speculation surrounds the probable impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision enabling corporations to spend money on express advocacy. Will it naturally favor Republicans? Will it mean more money in politics and therefore costlier campaigns? Perhaps, but other scenarios are also possible.
