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T-Paw’s retirement tease draws national media attention

By Chris Steller | 06.03.09 | 3:20 pm

tpaw-cbs-stillA 24-hour news cycle has now passed since Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced that his future plans don’t include running for re-election. And if he hoped to gain a bit of the national news media’s attention, he got it.

DFL: Coleman, GOP lawyers are raising illegal election challenge cash

By Chris Steller | 01.12.09 | 4:23 pm

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party charged former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and a GOP lawyers’ group with violating Federal Election Campaign laws as they raise money for a post-recount lawsuit challenging the results of the Senate recount.