Minnesota Independent

School advocates say anti-bullying laws needed, Emmer says no

By Andy Birkey | 09.08.10 | 11:21 am

The suicides of three gay students in the state’s largest school district over the past year has brought a new sense of urgency to advocates seeking stronger anti-bullying measures. Among Minnesota’s three major-party gubernatorial candidates, only one says he won’t sign anti-bullying legislation should it reach his desk. The GOP’s Tom Emmer says he’d wouldn’t sign the Safe Schools for All bill, the same measure Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed in 2009.

Attorney General asked to investigate Bachmann’s state fair ad

By Andy Birkey | 09.01.10 | 7:36 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s most recent television ad raised the ire of the Minnesota State Fair for using its logo without permission. The Bachmann campaign swapped the logo out with a generic one (at right), but Minnesota Public…

AM.MN: Pawlenty nursed his jerked chain at last year’s fair

By Chris Steller | 08.28.09 | 8:30 am

Gov. Pawlenty recalls taking comfort at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair after U.S. Sen. John McCain’s campaign for president left him high and dry in Denver. They’d sent him to do TV interviews at Barack Obama’s nominating convention, but…

GOP: Beware of DFL donuts, fair-goers!

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.27.09 | 12:22 pm

This plan could backfire: By putting the spotlight on a State Fair vendor — Grandstand Donuts — that’s really an unadvertised fundraiser for DFL candidates, the Minnesota Republican Party could actually boost sales of Democratic donuts.

Group with State Fair booth wants Rybak off the stick, in the race for governor

By Chris Steller | 08.27.09 | 8:59 am

It turns out state Rep. Marty Seifert won’t be the only politician with a booth promoting a 2010 bid for the governor’s office at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair: Draft R.T. Rybak for Governor has snapped up…

Poll at Fair Shows Support for Gas Tax, Expanded Health Care

By Isaac Peterson | 09.04.07 | 5:26 pm

During the State Fair that Monday drew to a close, more than 6,000 attendees who visited the Education Building took the opportunity to participate in an informal, unscientific survey about issues that might possibly come up in the Minnesota Legislature.…