MINNESOTA
Judge considers overturning unallotment
ST. PAUL -- A judge is considering whether to temporarily restore money to one state budget area Gov. Tim Pawlenty cut earlier this summer.By Don Davis , November 16, 2009
Murphy, Kelly split over Pawlenty proposal
Steve Murphy says it's laden with "foot traps." Tim Kelly says it will help the state live within its means.By Mike Longaecker , November 06, 2009
Pawlenty proposes constitutional spending limit 
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants the state constitution to limit spending to revenue the state actually has collected.
November 05, 2009
Private money to help foot highway bills
ST. PAUL - Minnesota transportation officials want more private companies to pay part of the construction bill for highway projects.
By Don Davis , October 27, 2009
Political Notebook: Bachmann rules out presidential bid
ST. PAUL - A darling of conservative media will not run for president in 2012.
By Don Davis , October 27, 2009
Business can make tracks for exports
EAGAN, Minn. — If a product dreamed up by an 11-year-old boy and manufactured in a 900-population community known as the Moose Capital of the North can successfully be shipped around the world, other small Minnesota businesses could do the same.
By Don Davis , October 27, 2009
UPDATE: H1N1 blamed for 3 deaths, busy hotline
ST. PAUL -- Callers to Minnesota's new flu hotline reported no answers, busy signals and long waits today as the Health Department said three more people died from H1N1 flu.
By Don Davis , October 21, 2009
Pawlenty, leaders begin 2010 talks
Minnesota LegislatureST. PAUL -- Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and leaders of the Democratic-dominated Minnesota Legislature got a head start on their 2010 work Tuesday, agreeing they would start work on issues such as public works projects and how to inject money into the economy.
By Don Davis , October 21, 2009
It's AT&T vs. Google in Upper Midwest
ST. PAUL — Type "Google Voice rural" in a Google search box and a computer user quickly will discover that one of the oldest high-tech companies is taking on one of the new ones, with the rural Upper Midwest as battleground.
By Don Davis , October 18, 2009
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Tribe urges president to 'follow the law'
The Prairie Island Indian Community has asked President Barack Obama to "deliver on the federal government's decades-old mandate" and set up a permanent nuclear waste disposal facility.
By Don Davis , October 16, 2009
Pawlenty: Let Minnesotans buy health insurance from other states
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposes three health-care changes that he says will save the state and consumers money, including allowing Minnesotans to buy health insurance from other states.
By Don Davis , October 13, 2009
Pawlenty downplays PAC's role
CANNON FALLS - Despite rising national attention to his newly formed political action committee, Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday continued to deny the group is his vehicle for a 2012 presidential bid.
By Mike Longaecker , October 02, 2009
Tonders aid mental health center in memory of son
Minnesota NewsMost teenagers occasionally go toe-to-toe with their parents, but Aaron Tonder was different.
By Andy Greder , September 25, 2009
Death sentence upheld in Sjodin abduction case
Minnesota NewsMINNEAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a convicted rapist for the 2003 kidnapping and killing of a University of North Dakota student in a case that led Minnesota and North Dakota to toughen their sex-offender laws.
By Steve Karnowski , September 23, 2009
Governor's race keeps politicos abuzz
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – There is a political buzz this fall unlike any ever heard around Minnesota.
By Don Davis , September 21, 2009
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Changes to divisions, conferences and classes on horizon?
Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram sports editor and friend John Casper Jr. wrote a comprehensive story about, as he put it, "two proposals that would drastically alter the landscape of the state's most popular prep sports." The proposed changes would "add a fifth division and use cri
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Oct 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM | Nilsson's NotebookJob figures show a 'pause'
Minnesota’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in April, but the state continued to shed jobs. The state unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in April, down from 8.2 percent a month earlier. The U.S. unemployment rate in April was 8.9 percent. Minnesota lost 9,500 jobs last month, down from 18,9
Posted by: Scott Wente on May 21, 2009 at 11:18 AM | Capitol ChatterColeman predicts mid-May end to Senate race
Norm Coleman predicted that his U.S. Senate election fight will take another month to complete. In an interview with conservative radio host Scott Hennen, Coleman today said that his planned appeal to the state Supreme Court could get resolved by mid-May. Coleman and Democrat Al Franken are awaiti
Posted by: Scott Wente on Apr 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM | Capitol ChatterPawlenty goes northwest for deer
Gov. Tim Pawlenty will target deer this fall in northwestern Minnesota. Pawlenty's office announced today the seventh-annual governor's deer opener will be Nov. 6-7 in the Thief River Falls area. It is the first to be held in far northwestern Minnesota. "Thief River Falls provides an ideal se
Posted by: Scott Wente on Apr 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM | Capitol Chatter'Lizard People' are back
A voter's odd ballot markings in the 2008 U.S. Senate election may prompt a change in Minnesota law.
During the Senate recount, state Canvassing Board members reviewed dozens
Coleman: Appeal will come quick
Minnesotans will not have to wait long for former Sen. Norm Coleman's appeal if he loses his U.S. Senate election lawsuit. Coleman told a radio show that he would promptly challenge the outcome of the election lawsuit, now in the hands of a three-judge panel. "You have to file in 10 days,&quo
Posted by: Scott Wente on Apr 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM | Capitol ChatterGuvs: States can save
Govs. Jim Doyle, left, and Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota and Wisconsin each could see a one-time savings of $10 million by sharing resources – from prison food plans to fish eggs – and buyin
State shows how bread is spent
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Commissioner Tom Hanson
Minnesotans can use computers to find out that their governor's office spent $60 at Saint Agnes Baking Co. for "supplies."
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