As Michele Bachmann continues to use “Jim the Election Guy” in her campaign ads, Democratic candidate Tarryl Clark has expanded her pool of “Real…
Whether BP will be found “grossly negligent” in its handling of the Deepwater Horizon rig is one of the next big questions in the saga of the Gulf oil spill. To…
Enbridge Energy, the firm behind a pipeline leak in Michigan that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil in a rural creek over the weekend, has had leaks in Minnesota 11 times since 2002, according to…
As expected, Robert Dudley will take over for embattled BP CEO Tony Hayward starting Oct. 1, The Washington Post reports. The company also announced today that it lost $17 billion in the second quarter of the fiscal year.
Kenneth Feinberg is overseeing a claims process that will ask victims of the spill to sign waivers forswearing future suits against BP — or to risk a protracted legal process.
On Chris Baker’s radio program on Thursday, Rep. Michele Bachmann defended herself against ads being run by her DFL opponent Tarryl Clark. Bachmann said that Clark lied about her statements in support of BP and that the campaign colored…
Both namedropping and conjuring the fiery rhetorical style of the late Paul Wellstone, Rep. Keith Ellison gave a rousing welcome speech to the 3,400 people gathered in Minneapolis over the weekend…
Rep. James Oberstar introduced the Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010 today. The bill would remove liability caps for oil spills, add new safety regulations for oil operations, and beef up the federal government’s response to…
The U.S. House of Representatives released personal financial disclosures of its members last week in a process intended to announce possible conflicts of interest and to provide a glimpse at the relative wealth of each legislator. A review of Minnesota’s delegation finds Rep. James Oberstar is the state’s wealthiest representative, while Rep. Keith Ellison the poorest. Rep. Bachmann benefited the most from special interest–funded travel, while neither Rep. Tim Walz nor Rep. Betty McCollum traveled on trips paid by interest groups.
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