Late-February start planned for Minnesota lawmakers in 2014
When Minnesota lawmakers finish their session Monday, May 20, they'll have a full nine months to cook up plans for next year's ...
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Republicans try to make issue of IRS PAC contributions
Employee PAC collects dollars from a wide swath of government employees, not just IRS
John Augustine: Minnesota: Why I oppose an earlier primary election
A bill to move the state's partisan primary to June, backed by Gov. Dayton, has passed out of committee in the House with bipartisan support.
Ill. lawmakers face tough votes before adjourning
Updated 5:14 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 — The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, ...
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration's scandals | Ana Marie Cox
Republicans could waste the White House's 'worst weeks ever' to a lack of strategy and rogue members of their own party There's something already ...
Get ready for long summer of inquiry into IRS scandal
At a news conference in Washington, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and other tea party movement members complained about the scandal involving the ...
Governor's 'secret plan' for Vikes stadium funding may be revealed today
The governor’s “secret plan” to replace revenues that were promised through e-pulltabs may be revealed today. At MPR, Tim Nelson reports: “The plan ...
U.S. politics: Angry Obama abhors IRS scandal, dismisses tax agency’s acting chief
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama moved to neutralize the stench of scandal swirling at the margins of his administration Wednesday night, ...
Same-sex marriage splits opinions in outstate Minn.
The same-sex marriage debate has deeply divided parts of the state, including Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota. In November, voters there ...