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Associated Press - December 7, 2009 6:14 AM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment that would cap government spending in Minnesota is taking center stage at the state...
A report from state campaign finance regulators Friday showed that donors to the Minnesota Republican Party and local GOP
Unallotment has become a curse word in city halls across the state. The governor's decision to balance the budget himself at the end of the last session led to deeper cuts in local government aid (LGA), which provides most Minnesota cities with a percentage of their yearly budgets.
Closer Jonathan Papelbon has been selected Red Sox Fireman of the Year in voting by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Assn. of America. Also honored this season were infielder Nick Green, winner of the Jackie Jensen Hustle Award, and Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins, the Ted Williams Award winner as best hitter in the majors. Their awards will be presented at the annual Boston chapter ...
Clergy and delegates from throughout western Oregon elected the Rev. Michael Joseph Hanley, 54, rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Roseville, Minn., as the 10th bishop, after
ST. PETER - It has been a while since Allen Quist has been active in politics. Quist served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, from 1982 to 1988, and challenged Gov. Arne Carlson for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1994. Quist lost to Carlson in the primary, and tried one more run at governor in 1998, withdrawing before the state convention in favor of St.
Democrats say Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been using his weekly radio program to promote his national ambitions, which they say is a misuse of Minnesota airwaves.
At this point in time - everyone should have heard or read orseen details of the health care debate that has inundated thecountry's media forever, or so it seems.
Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Allen Quist has removed anydoubt he'll challenge Rep. Tim Walz , D-Minn., for Congress in2010.
Republican Allen Quist has declared himself a candidate in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, hoping to knock of Democratic Rep. Tim Walz.
ARTS ARENA Minnesota’s first-time FEAST dinner: Artists make their pitch, and guests decide the projects to fund By Susannah Schouweiler | Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 Twin Cities arts supporters are gathering Saturday to launch a local grass-roots program that has been a success in cities across the nation. "It's such a no-brainer to have this in Minneapolis," says one of the organizers.
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Bucks County, the fifth-largest county in Pennsylvania, has successfully concluded a multi-suite implementation of an enterprise software system from Lawson Software .
A special city council meeting called for Nov. 10 to discuss Greenfield's latest dilemma, the impending loss of insurance coverage by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, brought out a record crowd of citizens to city hall.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota's elections chief is proposing a makeover of absentee ballot envelopes and instructions with a goal of avoiding the confusion exposed in the 2008 election. Secretary
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is on course to tick all but one of the Gulf Coast states off his travel list between today and next April.Pawlenty traveled to Naples for a speech Friday to the Forum Club of Southwest Florida in the Everglades Dining Room at the Naples Beach Hotel. Next week, he'll be in Austin, Texas for the Republican Governors Association 's annual meeting ...
Asked to handicap the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty left one name off the list of contenders _ his own.Speaking to the Forum Club of Naples, Pawlenty named the usual suspects, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin. He mentioned as future Republican headliners U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.But he ...
