The Minnesota Independent

Ken Salazar - Latest Stories

AM.MN: Jones back as U.S. Attorney; Paulose at SEC in Miami

By Chris Steller | 08.10.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logo
B. Todd Jones is back as Minnesota’s U.S. attorney. The man who once hired Rachel Paulose (according to the Pioneer Press) returns to his Clinton-era post as the state’s top federal prosecutor. He’s one of the 

Minnesota’s gray wolf to be removed from endangered species list–again

By Andy Birkey | 03.09.09 | 12:23 pm

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Friday that the federal government was removing the gray wolf from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Minnesota’s gray wolf population is one the nation’s largest, second only to…

Obama to name Iowa Gov. Vilsack as ag secretary

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.16.08 | 6:38 pm

So much for dreams of a Secretary of Agriculture Mark Ritchie. Today, the AP confirms that Barack Obama will be naming Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to the top USDA post. Ritchie, currently Minnesota Secretary of…