Same-sex couples who are suing the state of Minnesota for the right to marry are urging Gov. Mark Dayton, Attorney General Lori Swanson and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to follow the Obama administration’s lead. Late last month, President Barack…
State Auditor Rebecca Otto and Attorney General Lori Swanson were re-elected on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Swanson early in the night, but didn’t project an Otto win until well into Wednesday morning. Swanson took an early lead and stayed above 50 percent throughout the night, while Otto only bested her opponent, former auditor Pat Anderson by a handful of points.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty appeared on Fox News on Friday evening to talk about adding Minnesota to the lawsuit over health care reform that Republican governors and attorneys general have…
Following the passage of health care reform in Congress, Gov. Tim Pawlenty urged Attorney General Lori Swanson to file suit on behalf of the state of Minnesota to block provisions of…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty sent a letter to Attorney General Lori Swanson on Monday urging her to file suit against the federal government to block health care reform from coming to Minnesota. Swanson’s office says the bill hasn’t even become…
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has added Minnesota’s support to a lawsuit by the state of Michigan against the state of Illinois to force the closure of a canal connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. Unless the…
Xcel Energy won’t ask ratepayers in Colorado to foot the bill for lavish executive perks after all, the Denver Post reports. Public scrutiny that was first raised in Minnesota in September focused recently on the St. Paul-based…
So much for states’ rights: Iowa-based American Future Fund wants the Federal Elections Commission to rule against Minnesota’s long-standing ban on robocalls in order to include Minnesota in its national robocall campaigns, the Star Tribune reports. The group, which…
Don’t let health care reform put a new tax on med-tech companies. That was the message of a letter sent last week by a bipartisan group of Minnesota members of Congress to U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, chair of the…
If Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s office still uses those “While You Were Out” notes, his Monday-morning stack would make interesting reading. During his weekend trip to Iraq, Pawlenty was called a GOP “star” like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and his name came…
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