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As Congress begins voting on health care reform, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty urged Republican activists on Saturday to use public anger over the issue as the linchpin of their battle to return to power.

Minnesota's DFL party will hold three debates in the next five weeks for its gubernatorial candidates.

In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken joined his colleagues Senators Sherrod Brown and Bob Casey to support the COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act .

Minnesota officials are arranging health care coverage for 28,000 patients whose state-paid health insurance plan is slated to end on March 1. The Human Services Department announced the plan on its Web site Friday.

Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday.

Check out the environmentally sound items on the Sierra Club website: natural hemp clotheslines, patchouli-scented kerosene for the new read more kerosene televisions, cord removal kits for electric blankets, and refrigerators that use natural ice for cooling rather than electricity and weird chemicals.

Thousands of Minnesota deer hunters will go into the woods for the season opener this weekend, but many people don't wait for the season to shoot a deer.

More than 30 people who currently or recently lived in the Mankato region have a check waiting for them, courtesy of the IRS.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on November 5, 2009 - 6:22pm. A press release from the Office of the Governor of Minnesota: ST.

Glad crime is low in high taxed places like New York and California. If you want to debate, don't make foolish arguments.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is proposing an amendment to Minnesota's constitution on Thursday.

When the Hennepin County Medical Center launched a foundation last month, the first grant did not go to a traditional target such as a "safety net fund" for poor patients or promising medical research.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. A state report released Wednesday blasts corrections officials for missing chances to catch the sex offender accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive in his backyard for 18 years.

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When Sgt. Joe Leko's officers collared a recent suspect, a methamphetamine addict, the cops were the ones who left her Farmington home emotional.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says election results in three key races will be viewed as a "barometer" for President Barack Obama's popularity.

Developers of the controversial Big Stone II power plant in Milbank, S.D., said Monday they will not build the $1.6 billion coal-fired project, ending a four-year battle between utilities and environmentalists over a significant portion of Minnesota's energy future.

The race started about five weeks ago with three candidates and is ending with two a ' Democrat Bill Owens and surprise contender Doug Hoffman, a member of the state Conservative Party.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat Anderson began a 14-city introductory tour Monday by advocating for an expansion of the state sales tax opposite cuts in corporate and individual income taxes.