edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
Will Tom Horner be the Independence Party candidate for guv?
By Eric Black | Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
Tom Horner, a lifelong moderate Republican, is thinking about running for governor and, if he did so, it seems most likely he would do so [...]
My conservation with a young soldier who had an old face
By Catherine Watson | Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
I've been a reporter long enough to sense when somebody wants to talk. Now was one of those times, and the young soldier who had' [...]
My conversation with a young soldier who had an old face
By Catherine Watson | Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
I've been a reporter long enough to sense when somebody wants to talk. Now was one of those times, and the young soldier who had' [...]
Kelliher's 'inside baseball' campaign contribution issue riles DFL 'insiders' (her gubernatorial rivals)
Anderson Kelliher
By Doug Grow | Friday, Dec. 11, 2009
Most campaign finance disputes make Minnesotans' eyes glaze over, but this spat may be unique, because other DFL candidates seem more disgusted' [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — Riot police on campus. Student sit-ins and poetry readings. It seems like the 1960s, but these are common scenes today on California campuses as students continue to protest large fee increases across the state's university system.
[...]PORTLAND, ORE. — Six sophomores at Grant High School sit, shoulders slumping slightly, before two lawyers. The room fills with nervous expectation. Here, the Constitution is a competitive sport, and students need to dazzle: They will have six minutes to explain to these local lawyers the context, and every important detail, [...]
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — Nobody said crafting a new global warming treaty would be easy. During the first four days of talks here aimed at building a truly global agreement to combat global warming, China has lashed out at the US, Europe, and Japan for offering what it sees as inadequate emissions [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation's top military officer said the debate on Afghanistan is now over and the time has come to execute President Obama's mission to "reverse the momentum" of the Taliban insurgency.
[...]WASHINGTON, D.C. — If nothing else, the American punditocracy largely agreed on one aspect of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech: that it was eloquent.
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Dissecting Rybak: What has he accomplished as mayor?
MinnPost photo by Terry GydesenR.T. Rybak announcing Dec. 6 he is running for governor: "We need to try something new."
The problem for [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama's endorsement of a compromise health-care reform framework is worrying some Democrats who have been strong health-care reform advocates — including Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Keith [...]
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) is poised to become the Bay State’s first woman senator.
Ms. Coakley won the Democratic primary in the race to fill the US Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy. Her victory Tuesday was by a wide margin - 19 points over her [...]
State Sen. Dick Day
Day's move puts focus on Legislature's weak lobbying rules
By Doug Grow | Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
State Sen. Dick Day's announcement that he's leaving his seat to become president of a non-profit called Racino Now underscores again [...]
My conversation with Michele Bachmann: 'I'm a lovable little fuzz ball!'
MinnPost photo by Raoul BenavidesMichele Bachmann: "I don't fear the left, and maybe that's part of the loathing that they feel toward me."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama today called for an increase in infrastructure funding, but it remains unclear exactly how his latest initiatives to accelerate job growth change the landscape on [...]
Ping-Pong and the health care bill
By Eric Black | Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
There is a way for a health care bill to pass soon, without having to pass through very many more 60-senator cloture votes, but it strikes me as highly unlikely [...]
