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Dayton, Klobuchar, Franken and Walz coming Saturday

April 12, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

LUVERNE Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz will visit Rock and Nobles counties today to assess the damages from this week’s ice storm. Continue Reading

Lame duck action could turn fiscal cliff into pothole

November 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Lots of talk comes from Washington about a “fiscal cliff” approaching Dec. 31, after which all kinds of serious financial problems could appear, but that talk is subsiding. Continue Reading

Budget views separate Minnesota’s Senate candidates

October 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

As Minnesota’s two major U.S. Senate candidates offer different starting points for the federal budget, they spell out some of their major differences. Continue Reading

OUR OPINION: Re-elect Klobuchar, Peterson in Minnesota

October 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Democrats show an exceptionally valuable ability to get along and negotiate with Republicans. Continue Reading

Klobuchar: National debt priority for 2nd term

October 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a heavy favorite for re-election, says she would use a second term to try to help steer the Senate out of perpetual gridlock on major issues. Continue Reading

Bills, Klobuchar meet in U.S. Senate candidate forum in Duluth

September 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and challenger, Minnesota Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount, agree on the need to fix a dysfunctional Congress. The two participated in a candidate forum Tuesday at the Duluth Playhouse sponsored by the News Tribune editorial board and the Duluth Chamber of Commerce. Continue Reading

Klobuchar, Bills hold nothing back in fiery debate

August 30, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Amy Klobuchar and Kurt Bills shared broad smiles and agreed it was hot. But then the two U.S. Senate candidates took to a Minnesota State Fair stage Thursday in what proved to be a feisty debate during which they agreed on little. Continue Reading

Police group endorses Klobuchar in Senate race

July 24, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has picked up the support of a police group that backed her opponent six years ago. The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Klobuchar for re-election Tuesday. Continue Reading

Minnesota 3rd party gets contested Senate primary

June 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Two people are vying to be the Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate in the fall, but its chairman said Wednesday that Minnesota’s third major party is focused on legislative races this year and neither candidate should expect help. Continue Reading

Klobuchar, unanimously endorsed by DFL, trumpets her work with GOP

June 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood in front of 1,100 mostly liberal Democrats concerned if she talked too much about working with Republicans. “I was wondering how this is going to go over,” she said in an interview after Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Laborites unanimously endorsed her for a second six-year Senate term. Continue Reading