In Senate race launched by #MeToo, 2 women have inside track
ST. PAUL, Minn. - In Minnesota's surprise race to fill Al Franken's former Senate seat, the two women running tell their own versions of a familiar story.
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Brooks: Wear your politics on your sleeve this August
Pink hats. Yellow "Don't Tread On Me" shirts. Orange Protect Minnesota buttons. The fashion police have left the precinct.
Insurers seek lower premiums in Minnesota individual market
Health insurers in Minnesota's individual market are proposing mostly decreased premium rates for 2019, with average proposed decreases ranging from 3 percent to more than 12 percent for consumers, according to data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The Star Tribune reports the four largest providers in the individual market are proposing decreases ranging from 7 percent to about 12 percent.
Do political party conventions matter in Minnesota?
It's a reasonable question when candidates ignore the major business of the conventions - the endorsements - and just move on to the primary. That's happening this year in the race for Minnesota governor for both major parties.
5 DFL Candidates Race to Lock Up Delegate Endorsement
The race for the open seat in Minnesota's 5th Congressional district stops at a schoolhouse in South Minneapolis where the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party will gather Sunday to endorse a candidate. The 5 DFL candidates in the race include Jamal Abdi Abdulahi, Frank Nelson Drake, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Ilhan Omar, and Patricia Torres Ray, after Bobby Joe Champion dropped out Monday.
Apparent suicides renew concern for end of Minnesota hotline
The apparent suicide by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain Friday, just days after fashion designer Kate Spade's, is renewing attention to Minnesota's cash-starved suicide hotline, which is expected to shut down at the end of the month. Funding for Crisis Connections, Minnesota's half-century-old hotline, was a casualty of budget disputes between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers, leading to the governor's veto.
Nation’s 1st Somali-American lawmaker eyes seat in Congress Source: AP
Ilhan Omar escaped her war-torn homeland of Somalia as a child and grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the United States as a preteen. She learned English by watching American television.
Mike Hatch says he will withdraw from Minnesota attorney general race
Former Attorney General Mike Hatch, who filed to run for his old job Tuesday, said Wednesday he is pulling out of the race. "I didn't know so many people would go in," said Hatch, who listed three of the five other DFL candidates as people he would support.
With Vow to Fight for Workers and Against Corporate Monopolies, Keith Ellison to Run for Minnesota AG
Rep. Keith Ellison holds a town hall meeting at the Church of the New Covenant-Baptist on December 22, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Vowing to take on corporate monopolies, fight for the rights of workers, and hold the powerful to account just as he did for over a decade in Congress, Rep. Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday that he is running for attorney general of Minnesota.
Leaving the bench
Judge Leland Bush wasn't certain what really made him decide to apply to be a judge. But as a lawyer practicing in southwest Minnesota, he did think his experiences could bring a good perspective to the job.
Johnson receives GOP endorsement for governor
Jeff Johnson received the Minnesota GOP gubenatorial endorsement at the GOP convention in Duluth Saturday afternoon. Bob King / Forum News Service Delegates at the GOP convention in Duluth write the name of their gubenatorial choice on ballets Saturday.
Crucial day at state political conventions
DFL delegates gathered here braced for a long day Saturday as three gubernatorial candidates vied for the endorsement, while Republicans in Duluth faced a choice of candidates that doesn't include former Gov. Tim Pawlenty. U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer was the day's first speaker in Duluth.
Minnesota races for US Senate took shape Friday. Herea s who party activists want.
Minnesota's two races for U.S. Senate - and yes, there will be two - took shape Friday, as Republican and Democratic activists gathered to put their seals of approval on four candidates. There were no surprises, but the energy in each convention hall underscored the high stakes of November's general election: Democrats want to hang onto both seats in hopes of possibly seizing control of the Senate, while Republicans are eager to grab a seat in the Senate for the first time since 2008, when Republican Norm Coleman was defeated by Al Franken.
Minnesota Legislative Update: Two Steps Back
When the Minnesota Legislature convened in February, the state had just announced a modest budget surplus. Lawmakers and Governor Mark Dayton were optimistic that they could reach agreement on a capital investment bill, a tax bill conforming to recently enacted federal tax reform, and other pressing issues including opioid abuse, MNLARS, the state's troubled vehicle title and registration system, elder abuse, and school safety.
Lawmakers wrap up session in a blur of bills, questions
The Minnesota Legislature wrapped up its work at midnight Sunday with the familiar last-minute flurry of votes and political machinations but surrounded by question marks, as Gov. Mark Dayton threatened to veto major tax and spending bills. The ramifications of the latest round of gridlock at the Capitol could be huge, as the failure to enact a bill syncing Minnesota's tax code with sweeping federal changes would create a massively complex tax filing season next year and hit hundreds of thousands of Minnesota families and some businesses with tax increases.
The Latest: Legislature pushes ahead without Dayton’s OK
Lawmakers have until midnight Sunday to pass bills. But Republican leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton have struggled to compromise on a tax bill and some additional government spending, including emergency funding for public schools that Dayton deems necessary.
Minnesota lawmakers’ to-do list is long but time is short
Minnesota lawmakers are in the homestretch, facing a lengthy to-do list and less than two days to finish their work. Republican leaders who control the House and Senate say they may move fast to pass a $28 million bill for school security upgrades as negations continue with Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton on a host of priorities.
Pipeline advocates visit Baxter amid statewide debate over Line 35 min ago
Tuesday's Line 3 pipeline replacement discussion was spearheaded by Minnesotans for Line 3 and United Piping Inc. CEO Bob Shoneberger ; Cub Foods owner Chris Quisberg representing the Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce; and Grand Rapids resident DeeDee Tollefson.
Minnesota should set a new legal bar for sex harassment suits
The Minnesota State Capitola S: With the Legislature facing a May 21 deadline for adjournment, the fate of legislation that would lower the bar for successful sexual harassment lawsuits is unclear. Minnesota victims of sexual harassment have waited long enough for reasonable access to relief from the courts.
Abortion ultrasound bill heads to Gov. Dayton’s desk
The Legislature has approved a measure that would require doctors to ask women seeking an abortion in Minnesota if they want to first view images from an ultrasound scan. The state House voted 79-48 on Thursday to approve the bill, which was identical to one approved earlier this month by the Senate.