January 11, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe
ST. PAUL Rick Nolan sounds thrilled to sit on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, and he hopes a personal relationship with the House speaker could help the cause. Continue Reading
September 29, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Some Minnesota politicians wonder if a Minnesota Supreme Court ballot ruling opens the door for more last-minute changes. Continue Reading
August 25, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Joe Biden is ready to give up his job. Well, only if he could become a high school football player. The vice president made a surprise stop at South Minneapolis high school football practice after delivering a 37-minute speech to a campaign rally. Continue Reading
August 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Farmers listening to the two major-party candidates for U.S. Senate may not have understood just where they stood on some issues after a Farmfest forum, but they could not have missed two points. Republican challenger Kurt Bills is a teacher. Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar works with Senate Republicans on a range of issues. Continue Reading
July 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Tim Pawlenty could get his wish to join a national ticket in the next few days. Although Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he has not decided on a running mate, outside speculation puts the former Minnesota governor at the top of the list. Continue Reading
July 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Death threats, demands to resign and other attacks to have only made state Rep. Mary Franson more determined to stay in office, she says. A Democratic-Farmer-Laborite campaign official sent Internet links to a video clip of a recent Franson speech in Browerville in which she discusses a joke she told in March that led to statewide reaction. Continue Reading
July 7, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Conventional political wisdom is that a gay-marriage prohibition on the Nov. 6 ballot would pit Democratic-Farmer-Laborites against Republicans. “It is not that cut and dried,” Chuck Darrell said. Continue Reading
June 30, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Minnesota House minority leader declared that the U.S. Supreme Court settled “once and for all” the federal health-care law dispute. The state’s senior U.S. senator said the court put “the law above politics.” Yes and no. It is a complex issue, and one that is far from over, especially in the political arena. Continue Reading
June 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
More and more discussion centers on Tim Pawlenty becoming Mitt Romney’s running mate, but at the same time, Ron Paul supporters are considering derailing traditional Republicans like the former Minnesota governor.
Pawlenty gradually has changed his tune about whether he is interested in running for vice president. Continue Reading
June 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A dispute about water pollution led to a city-rural rift as big as seen in some time. Minnesota city leaders and conservationists called a news conference to complain that farmers do too little to prevent water pollution and pay for cleaning the water Continue Reading
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