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AM.MN: Virginia is for lovers … of medieval gender politics

By Chris Steller | 09.09.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoGov. Pawlenty will be speaking to citizens all day long today as he travels around the state … of Virginia. He didn’t cancel his trip to campaign there for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell despite the howling of

AM.MN: A death panel Sarah Palin could love

By Chris Steller | 08.19.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoPanel tells DNR moose hunting should be allowed.” Other news media also cover a new report from Minnesota’s Moose Advisory Committee to the state Department of Natural Resources, but only the Star Tribune’s headline hinted at the…

One-party twin towns? Conlon quitting leaves all but 2 seats in Cities to DFL

By Chris Steller | 05.22.09 | 12:49 pm

When Republican Tom Conlon leaves the St. Paul School Board this summer, he’ll also be leaving Minneapolis and St. Paul with only two elected city officials not from the DFL Party.

RNC host committee’s financials say it all — with flowers

By Chris Steller | 10.16.08 | 6:18 pm

Found, in the Republican National Convention Minneapolis St. Paul Host Committee’s filings with the Federal Election Commission over the last few days: big corporate donations (Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth each gave more than $1 million) and a sizable sum left over unused ($4.7 million). Together with analyses of donors’ lobbying activities, they tell a tale about the costs and benefits of throwing a party for the national Republican Party.

Lost amid the news accounts and watchdog reports: some of the lesser line items that suggest their own story lines. Here are a few, after the jump.