Earlier today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine announced the four finalist cities for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in an…
Even as court cases continue over protests at the RNC two years ago, Minneapolis officials have been preparing to bid for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reported on Thursday. Meet Minneapolis, the city’s…
The host committee for the Republican National Convention raised $57 million from corporations and wealthy individuals to put on the lavish four-day gala in St. Paul. What do these special interests expect in return?
Protesters blame police for violence that broke out at the conclusion of last night’s protest parade organized by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. The group’s national organizer, Cheri Honkala, spoke to reporters this morning at…
A group of five protesters are currently being arrested on Selby Ave. in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood. They’ve been sitting on the sidewalk in handcuffs for more than an hour. “They had some weapons,” said a police officer at the scene.…
St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington addressed reporters this morning, praising the “heroic work” of cops under difficult circumstances yesterday. “We’re looking forward to a day of a little more normality than we had yesterday,” he said at the…
By Anna Pratt and Paul Demko
Early in the day protesters were joking with the riot police.
This group of anarchists, many of them wearing masks, refused to speak with reporters. Occasionally they would pause in…
St. Paul Police Chief says the cops are ready to roll for day one of the Republican National Convention. “It’s game day, finally,” said Harrington at a press conference this morning in downtown St. Paul. “This has been a…
Today David Schultz and I talk about the dramatic conclusion Barack Obama’s speech brought to the Democratic convention in Denver. All in all, he says, it capped a week in which all the major Democrats featured at DNC said…
It just just so happens that the Alaska delegation to the Democratic National Convention is staying in the same hotel as the entourage from Minnesota. In fact, yesterday former Gov. Tony Knowles, whose re-election plans were thwarted by…
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