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Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's business leaders want a commitment from candidates, and it's not tax cuts
Do would-be governors know the tools to solve a skilled-worker shortage?
Lori Sturdevant
Hyperbolic attack ads, anti-Radinovich edition
Here's what you really ought to know about the candidate.
Lori Sturdevant
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Congressional candidate Dean Phillips wages his own kind of challenge
He stresses campaign finance reform in his bid to unseat Rep. Erik Paulsen, even as national party pols resist that tack.
John Rash
'Dark Money' is an enlightening look at corrosive campaign spending
The documentary depicts how Montana suffered from, and fought back against, outside election influences.
D.J. Tice
A president dishonest, sleazy, unworthy but …
… impeachable? I said no once before. Has anything changed?
Lori Sturdevant
New book on a favorite son holds timeless truths and tantalizing what ifs
Humphrey biography highlights importance of acting on one's principles.
Lori Sturdevant
Interviewing Gov. Mark Dayton at the Minnesota State Fair, year eight
He's been remarkably consistent about his policy priorities. The basics don't change, he says.
D.J. Tice
Confusion costs in 'affordable housing' debate
The worst shortage may be an income shortage — i.e., poverty — and market meddling isn't the best answer.
John Rash
Rash Report: From Soviet tanks in 1968 to Russian clicks in 2018
Tactics shift, but the foreign policy objectives seem similar to a previous era.
Lori Sturdevant
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We're not in 2006 anymore, candidates and pundits
Minnesota has changed over 12 years, and the primaries showed it.
John Rash
Rash Report: Primary shows Minnesota is a microcosm of broader U.S. trends
Geographic, generational and gender trends, not to mention ideological divides, are apparent in state races.
D.J. Tice
Minnesotans, remember: A governor can reshape the high court, quickly
They tend to get relatively more chances to pick judges than presidents do.
Lori Sturdevant
A word from Farmfest: State may soon be managing a crisis
In that context, a former ag commissioner is backing Erin Murphy for governor.
Lori Sturdevant
He's no longer a candidate, but Chris Coleman still stumps hard — for affordable housing
Otherwise, there's very little talk about this topic.
D.J. Tice
Superstorm Donald is jolting the GOP, but turbulence hits Democrats, too
DFL primaries match left, lefter and (relatively) center.
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