As dust settles, MN's post-session turnover begins
The makeup of the state Legislature that will sit down for the 2006 session starting in March may depend on what happens in St. Cloud. That’s because for sure one but possibly as many as three...
View ArticleMinnesota State Rep. Phil Krinkie plots next move
State Rep. Phil Krinkie is hoping his first state budget as House Taxes Committee chairman will be his last. To put it mildly, Krinkie, R-Lino Lakes, is disappointed with the two-year budget that was...
View ArticleAll quiet at Fort Klobuchar
Try as she might, there are occasions when Sen. Amy Klobuchar can’t please everyone. Last month the DFL freshman senator drew national headlines when teen idol Justin Bieber declared that she should be...
View ArticleWith the state GOP mired in debt, candidates for the party’s vacant top post...
Who wants to run the Republican Party of Minnesota? That’s the question that has been generating a steady stream of rumors and trial balloons since state party Chairman Tony Sutton suddenly resigned...
View ArticleKennedy to lead George Washington grad school program
Former Minnesota U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy will lead the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, serving as the program's director starting Jan. 23.
View ArticleMinnesota GOP becomes the party of Paul
Near the close of a fractious two-day Republican Party of Minnesota state convention in St. Cloud, Jeff Johnson took the dais to address the elephant in the room: the tensions between supporters of Ron...
View ArticleBachmann exits stage right
In mid-May, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign bought roughly $80,000 worth of television advertising in the Twin Cities market. But just two weeks later, Bachmann stunned seemingly everyone by...
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