In his interview with Newsweek (mentioned earlier by Chris Steller), Gov. Pawlenty said he regretted a 1993 vote to expand the state’s anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity and that they law should…
If Norm Coleman is not doing polling to probe his prospects for the 2010 Minnesota governor’s race — as one report today says he is, despite his denial — then new evidence on YouTube suggests he should be.
Two days after the Star Tribune carried Garrison Keillor’s War-on-Christmas op-ed, the paper prints a “Counterpoint” by Mitch Pearlstein, president of the Center of the American Experiment. Pearlstein calls Keillor “nasty” but “brilliant” — and agrees…
Since Gov. Tim Pawlenty took office in 2003, not one public official has filed a conflict-of-interest disclosure with the state ethics board, an unprecedented streak for a disclosure system that was routinely used for the previous three decades. Critics blame the precedent set by the Pawlenty administration’s own numerous ethical lapses, as well as the outdated disclosure requirements that are rife with loopholes.
The only DFL gubernatorial candidates to give a flat “no” to public funding for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium — state Sen. John Marty and House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher — also love the movie “The Wizard…
Handicapping is underway in the race to replace Republican state Sen. Dick Day, who is quitting to lobby for casino gambling at horse tracks.
Gov. Pawlenty tells Newsweek that “Democrats have all kinds of characters who are interesting, bold and dramatic,” while Republicans have Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin … and him.
In a move set into motion by a planeload of passengers’ overnight stay on the tarmac at Rochester Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the U.S. Transportation Department has ordered airlines to limit such runway waits to three hours.
A year’s worth of diplomatic outreach to Iran is on the verge of eclipse, thanks to consistent Iranian refusals to accept President Obama’s offers for a new relationship. As a result, Obama administration officials and their international partners are preparing a package of economic sanctions against Iran for 2010.
Minnesota’s U.S. senators were explaining their votes for health-care reform right and left Sunday: Amy Klobuchar appeared on Fox News Sunday and Al Franken posted his rationale at Daily Kos. That left a progressive group…
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