Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, considered by many to be angling for a chance to run for governor next year, appeared to be on his way to winning a third term in the mayor's office tonight as election officials painstakingly counted ballots by hand.
Tuesday's election was the first time that Minneapolis [...]
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman easily won a second term Tuesday, cruising to victory over GOP challenger -- and political newcomer -- Eva Ng.
And a majority of St. Paul voters said "yes" to instant runoff voting, a method in which a voter ranks his or her choices by order of [...]
Less than an hour after polls closed tonight, Chris Coleman was comfortably on his way to winning a second term as mayor of St. Paul, and the city's voters were also narrowly approving instant runoff voting.
With 85 percent of precincts reporting. DFLer Coleman was winning re-election over Republican challenger Eva [...]
A new report claims that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- which promised to pump $131 billion into the American construction industry -- has done little to help an industry that is "hemorrhaging jobs."
"So far, the ARRA has sent money to all corners of the construction industry, [...]
Solid sources tell us that businessman and
current GOP National Committeeman Brian Sullivan is going to get into
the governor's race.Â
As I've noted in our Weekly Reports, Rep. Marty Seifert's (R-Marshall) first-place
finish in the GOP straw poll in early October
has not been enough to quash rumblings that' [...]
As Charley Shaw wrote recently in Capitol Report, environmentalists and conservation interests around the Capitol are nervous about talk that job-creation efforts will be the overwhelming focus of the state's 2010 bonding bill. Dating back to 1998, environmental projects--including the acquisition of land for conservation purposes-- have' [...]
State Sen. Richard Cohen has landed on the national stage where arts and cultural policy matters are concerned.
President Barack Obama today named Cohen, DFL-St. Paul, to the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities (PCAH). Cohen, along with other new committee members announced today, will be sworn in by Vice [...]
Charley Shaw, Staff Writer, Saint Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report, Betsy Sundquist, Staff Writer, Saint Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report, Staff, Steve Perry, PIM/Capitol Report managing editor
