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May 22, 2012
Thu, 5/3, 3:13pm (3 weeks ago)
According to the Star Tribune, Minnesota Republican Michelle Bachmann, former Republican nominee, announced today she will endorse Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination.
Bachmann appeared with Romney at a rally in Portsmouth, Va. and asked Republicans to come together to defeat President Barack Obama in the November election.
While running for…
Wed, 5/2, 12:21pm (3 weeks ago)
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the White House Wednesday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Aides say he will mention Romney in his speech at a suburban Washington hotel Wednesday afternoon, but he will not endorse the presumed presidential nominee yet. Gingrich has told Romney…
Thu, 4/26, 12:59pm (4 weeks ago)
A group of GOP legislatures expressed their opposition towards a proposed expansion of charitable gambling to pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
About a half-dozen legislators outlined their doubts Thursday that new charitable gambling would bring in enough money to pay the state's $398 million share of a new stadium…
Thu, 4/19, 4:22pm (1 month ago)
Two unrelated abortion bills passed the Minn. House and Senate on Wednesday.
The house passed a bill requiring a woman to take an abortion pill, like RU-486, in the presence of a doctor, reported the Star Tribune.
The bill passed also had an ammendment proposed and voted on. Proposed by Rep. Phyllis Kahn,…
Tue, 4/17, 4:47pm (1 month ago)
Gov. Mark Dayton knows what must happen to keep the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis.
"We've got to get a stadium next year or the Vikings will leave," he said at a news conference Tuesday.
But that is easier said than done. On Monday, the House Government Operations and Elections committee voted down…
Thu, 4/12, 11:58am (1 month ago)
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said he probably wouldn't accept a job in Mitt Romney's Cabinet if it was offered to him.
Gingrich told WILM-AM's "Elliot In the Morning" show Thursday that he's not opposed to Romney, the likely GOP presidential nominee, the Washington Post said. He said he would back…
Wed, 4/11, 2:37pm (1 month ago)
Vice President Joe Biden has left the nation's capital to come to the Twin Cities.
Biden is visiting today to partake in a fundraiser for Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. The fundraiser was at noon at a Hilton Hotel and according to the Star Tribune, tickets to the fund raiser ranged from…
Tue, 4/10, 2:43pm (1 month ago)
Thanks to a $2,000 donation from former rival Michele Bachmann's political action committee, the Pawlenty for President campaign is finally out of debt, according to the Star Tribune.
When the campaign ended last August, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s campaign was six figures in debt.
Donations to help settle the Pawlenty campaign debt…
Tue, 4/10, 1:25pm (1 month ago)
Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., will drop out of the U.S. presidential race, effectively leaving the endorsement to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney. Santorum will make the announcement Tuesday afternoon at a news conference in Gettysburg, Penn., according to the Washington Post.
Last week, Romney defeated Santorum in Wisconsin, Maryland and the…
Wed, 4/4, 7:26am (2 months ago)
Mitt Romney continued to show why he is the man to beat in the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, sweeping primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington D.C.
Returns from 80 percent of Wisconsin's precincts showed Romney with 42 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Santorum, 12 percent for Ron Paul…
Mon, 4/2, 1:59pm (2 months ago)
The Minnesota House of Representatives and charitable gaming interests may have come to agreement over the weekend to provide more tax relief for charities – possibly removing a substantial roadblock for the Vikings stadium bill at the Capitol.
A standalone bill on tax relief for charities is scheduled for a hearing…
Fri, 3/30, 1:34pm (2 months ago)
A state board voted Friday to order recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican senators, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The primary will be held May 8 before the general election on June 5.
The Government Accountability Board found more than 900,000 valid signatures on…
Fri, 3/23, 9:44am (2 months ago)
Concordia University students are trying to change a law that currently grants lawmakers the privilege to drive drunk to and from the capitol during session.
The Minnesota constitution currently excuses members of each house from arrests except in cases of treason, felony or breach of the peace. This means they could…
Sun, 2/26, 4:07pm (3 months ago)
Gov. Mark Dayton was elected vice chair of the Midwestern Governors Association this week in Washington D.C.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was elected chair out of the nine regional governors present.
In a statement Dayton said, "I want to thank Governor Quinn for his outstanding leadership of the Association during the past year.…
Thu, 2/23, 3:31pm (3 months ago)
President Barack Obama apologized for the burning of several Korans on an Afghanistan U.S. airbase, following the deaths of Afghans and NATO troops during riots, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
The Afghan death toll from the riots reached 12, along with two coalition soldiers.
Obama wrote a three-page apology letter to Afghan President Hamid…
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