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Seven Occupy protesters arrested in Minneapolis U.S. Bank protest

By Jon Collins | 10.20.11 | 2:34 pm

Occupy Wall Street protesters closed down an intersection of downtown Minneapolis for more than an hour Thursday.

After county removes OccupyMN tents, demonstrators vow move to city property

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By Justin Horwath | 10.17.11 | 8:28 am

After a failed attempt to maintain transparent tents on county land, demonstrators said Sunday that they’ll likely put up tents across the street on city property.

(Video) Occupy movement spreads to greater Minnesota

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By Jon Collins | 10.13.11 | 8:30 am

Demonstrations supportive of the Occupy wall Street movement were held in Duluth, Rochester and Brainerd.

Sorry Illinois, North Dakota is ‘more corrupt’

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.11.08 | 5:00 pm

Despite the Blagojevich feeding frenzy, Illinois is NOT the most corrupt state in the union, at least according to a USA Today story that puts our neighbor to the west at the top of the crookedest states

Illinois governor arrested on federal corruption charges

By Andy Birkey | 12.09.08 | 10:43 am

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were reportedly arrested this morning under suspicion of using Sen. Barack Obama’s open seat for personal and financial gain. The FBI was granted approval to secretly record…

To our new congressional reps: Welcome to the Land of Ooze

By Leigh Pomeroy | 01.04.07 | 9:46 pm

Just in time for the new Congress, American RadioWorks has come up with a terrific documentary entitled “Imperial Washington“. Listening to it one wonders, “How come no one came up with this stuff a few years ago?”

Actually,…

DM&E: When right and left agree, the middle better listen

By Leigh Pomeroy | 10.28.06 | 1:54 pm

“I can’t imagine this loan would’ve ever passed if we had due process.”

Citizens Against Government Waste targets Sen. Thune/DM&E

By Leigh Pomeroy | 10.26.06 | 10:04 pm

Who are the other hobgoblins in this merry band of trick-or-treaters? Sen. Coleman? Rep. Gutknecht?

Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating

Washington, D.C. Much scarier than the prospect of being haunted by the undead is the prospect of being spooked