Political News

Group Spending $500K On Anti-Obama Ads In Minn.

A new round of television advertising criticizing President Barack Obama over the federal debt is airing on stations in the usual swing states -- and Minnesota, too.   Read More

Initiative Would Make Some Animal Cruelty A Felony

A national group says North Dakota has some of the nation's weakest laws against animal cruelty, and a group of activists wants to change that.   Read More

Walz, GOP Rivals To Meet Before Farmfest Audience

Democratic Rep. Tim Walz and the two Republicans competing to challenge him appear before an audience of farmers on Tuesday.   Read More

Franken: Insurance Rebates To Help 123K In Minn.

Sen. Al Franken says more than 123,000 Minnesotans are benefiting from insurance rebates under a provision he sponsored in the federal health law, even though some won't get checks in the mail.   Read More

McCollum Says Shootings Show Need For Gun Control

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is calling the shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin an act of "mass murder by a madman with a gun in his hand." And she says the killings show the need for gun control.   Read More

Governors Aside, Feds Building Health Care Markets

Republican governors who've balked at creating new private insurance markets under President Barack Obama's health care law may end up getting stuck.   Read More

In Minn.'s 6th, Big Spending By Bachmann, Graves

Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is pulling in big money for her re-election in Minnesota's conservative 6th District - but she's also spending at a fast clip.   Read More

Minneapolis Church Postpones Mark Ritchie Speech

A Minneapolis Catholic Church has postponed a speech by Minnesota's controversial secretary of state rather than canceling it outright.   Read More

Wellstone Son Calls Bills' Ad 'Disrespectful'

The son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone says an online ad from a Republican U.S. Senate candidate is "disrespectful'' of his father's memory.   Read More

Minn. Court Weighs Edited Ballot Question Titles

The Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in separate lawsuits over the rewriting of ballot titles for two proposed constitutional amendments.   Read More