Local Politics

Senator Al Franken visits the range

Ssen. Al Franken spent the fourth of July on the Iron Range.

St. Paul voters to get instant runoff question in November

City Council voted to put the measure on the ballot and OK'd $82 million in bonding projects to go to the next legislative session.

Washington County aid programs hit hard by unallotments

County officials are worried about the effects the cuts will have on vulnerable residents.

DFL to tap choice for St. Paul school board race

St. Paul delegates will meet tonight to endorse one of five DFL candidates vying for the seat being vacated by Tom Conlon.

St. Paul school board OKs $25 million in budget cuts

Board members delayed until July a vote on a plan to close two elementary schools in St. Paul.

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Blog: The Big Question

Klobuchar’s Ode to Coleman

It was a tale of two star cross’d senators from different sides of the political aisle. Their bipartisanship might not have been quite so epic as Shakespeare’s Montagues and Capulets, but Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Republican Norm Coleman sometimes raised eyebrows – if not daggers — in their respective parties. In the days after the 35W [...]

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