Campaign finance board dismisses complaint against Rybak

by Betsy Sundquist
Published: March 5, 2010
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The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said last Thursday that it will not investigate a complaint filed by the Minnesota Republican Party against DFL gubernatorial candidate and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.

Lillehaug: ‘Everyone affected by these unallotments should seek the same relief’

by Steve Perry
Published: December 31, 2009
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Last summer, when House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis) and other DFL legislators were meeting with groups touched by Gov. Tim Pawlenty's unallotments to discuss legal options, one of the key consiglieres in behind-the-scenes deliberations was David Lillehaug, the former U.S. Attorney and DFL activist. PIM spoke with Lillehaug on Wednesday evening, a couple of hours after the release of Judge Kathleen Gearin's temporary restraining order.

Start over: Judge deals likely fatal blow to Pawlenty’s unallotments

by Steve Perry
Published: December 30, 2009
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Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin sent a deep shock through Minnesota government -- and the state's precarious general fund budget -- this afternoon when she issued a temporary injunction against enforcing some of the budget cuts unilaterally made by Gov. Tim Pawlenty last summer.

Franken’s Legal Team Makes First Huge Blunder

by Sarah Janecek
Published: November 18, 2008
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Photo by Bill Klotz. Remember that old Jim Croce tune? You don’t tug on superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim? Somebody should tell Al Franken’s legal team that in Minnesota, you don’t mess around with Ken. As in Ken [...]

Franken’s Legal Team Makes First Huge Blunder

by Sarah Janecek
Published: November 18, 2008
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Photo by Bill Klotz. Remember that old Jim Croce tune? You don’t tug on superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim? Somebody should tell Al Franken’s legal team that in Minnesota, you don’t mess around with Ken. As in Ken [...]

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