by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 19, 2010
Tags: Chris Coleman, Dave Griggs, Jaime Tincher, John Marty, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Mark Dayton, Minnesota DFL, Paul Thissen, R.T. Rybak, Susan Gaertner, Tina Smith, Tom Bakk, Tom Rukavina, Tony Sutton
Depending on your perspective, the Minnesota DFL State Central Committee's Voter Activation Network database is a cash cow, a valuable communication tool or a massive headache - or some combination of the three.
Dave Benson, owner and chief financial officer of Epicurean Inc. of Duluth, will attend President Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday as a guest of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
Minnesota law requires gun dealers to report information about pistol and assault-rifle sales to the local police chief before the sale is completed, so that a background check on the purchaser can be performed. But only federally licensed dealers are required follow this law.
St. Paul has an aggressive state bonding-bill agenda for 2010. If you want to chat over coffee with the mayor about those priorities, you'll get your chance when the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a morning coffee discussion with Mayor Chris Coleman on Dec. 16.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities are asking Gov. Tim Pawlenty to call a special legislative session to address the state's anticipated $1.2 billion budget deficit at the end of the 2010-2011 biennium.
The Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board just released its findings in the complaint brought by the state GOP Party that both DFL St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and DFL Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak spent mayoral campaign funds running for governor.
The Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board (CFB) heard the GOP State Party complaint against DFL St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and DFL Mayor RT Rybak today--on the same day Rybak filed his campaign committee--in an 80-minute "executive session," a closed door meeting not open to the public.
Advocates of instant runoff voting (IRV) appear to be the big winners in Tuesday’s general election.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman easily won a second term Tuesday, cruising to victory over GOP challenger -- and political newcomer -- Eva Ng.
Less than an hour after polls closed tonight, Chris Coleman was comfortably on his way to winning a second term as mayor of St. Paul, and the city's voters were also narrowly approving instant runoff voting.
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