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Minneapolis voters head to polls wondering who paid for campaigns

By Chris Steller | 11.02.09 | 1:44 pm

They are called “pre-general” campaign-finance reports, but with the general election in Minneapolis only a day away, many candidates’ reports have yet to be filed, according to a website maintained by Hennepin County. In select races that could be close and have reports posted, the money race gives an indication of what the candidates had to work with in the closing days of their campaigns.

Franken: ‘We ran a very efficient campaign,’ wasted no effort in win

By Chris Steller | 05.17.09 | 10:30 am

“When you win an election by 312 votes, there’s not a lot of effort that goes to waste,” Al Franken told Minneapolis Democrats Saturday. “We ran a very efficient campaign.” Franken nominated R.T. Rybak for endorsement for a third term as mayor at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s city convention.

Lowe’s ads get OK in Minneapolis parks

By Chris Steller | 06.06.08 | 8:26 pm

A proposal floated May 21 to put ads for Lowe’s home-improvement chain in Minneapolis parks passed the full park board Wednesday, despite commissioners’ stated misgivings about the signs. The two banners, along with 12-by-17 inch indoor signs at…

A new low(e): Ads proposed for Minneapolis parks

By Chris Steller | 05.28.08 | 2:42 pm

Bus windows and skyways get covered in ads; are public parks next? Minneapolis taxpayers could soon be greeted at their city parks by banners advertising a national home improvement chain that has no stores in the…