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Bachmann to hold election night party outside her district

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By Andy Birkey | 11.02.10 | 12:11 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann is hosting an election night party at the Sheraton in Bloomington tonight, according to an invitation for the party. For a candidate repeatedly criticized for her many appearances at Tea Party rallies and conservative media outlets outside the district, Bachmann’s choice for her victory party may be telling: Bloomington is not in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District.

American Legion pulls scholarships over Veteran’s Day school prayer

By Andy Birkey | 11.11.09 | 4:02 pm

The American Legion Post 550 in Bloomington says it will withhold up to $30,000 in scholarships because the public school district won’t allow the group to lead the student body in prayer, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday.

No drama: Few primary contests on the docket today

By Paul Demko | 09.15.09 | 3:42 pm

It’s election day — although you’d be hard-pressed to find much evidence of that fact.

Public funds, private mall: Expansion, RNC’s approach may re-open free speech question at MOA

By Chris Steller | 05.20.08 | 12:05 pm

In the 1990s, Bloomington successfully waded into the murky constitutional waters that swirl around questions of free speech in privately owned places that receive public funds. In the 1999 landmark ruling  State v. Wicklund, the Minnesota…