Minnesota Government News

Once again, the vice presidential spotlight is on Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Rumors went flying Wednesday after John McCain reportedly told Republican supporters, "They're really going to like Pawlenty." The unnamed ...

Friday, July 25, 2008 Wah, Waaah, Waaaaaah! Well the DFL are up to their old tricks again.

The latest independent poll shows an extremely tight presidential race in Minnesota.

" It's VP tea leaf reading season, and a Republican source who attended a small private meeting with John McCain Tuesday in New Hampshire tells CNN that the GOP candidate dropped a serious hint about Minnesota ...

The four men sitting at a downtown coffee shop here recently told me a story that sounded too far-fetched to be true.

Crops in Minnesota got a boost from warm weather and rain last week. The Minnesota field office of the U.S. Agriculture Department says small grains continued to ripen, while half of the soybean crop reached ...

Governors met in Philadelphia over the weekend to discuss matters of mutual importance.

Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty shakes hands with former President Bill Clinton after Clinton spoke at the National Governors' Association centennial meeting, Saturday, July, 12, 2008, in Philadelphia.

A legislative panel approved a plan Friday that boosts the salary for the head of Minnesota's State Board of Investment by $101,000, or 70 percent.

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from its human host Minnesota health officials say West Nile virus has stayed away so far this summer.

A hog farm fire has killed about 1,200 pigs in south-central Minnesota. The blaze broke out Tuesday night and consumed 2 of 3 barns about four miles southeast of Waldorf, in Waseca County.

A U.S. House report says Minnesota was tied for last in the percentage of federal bridge funds it actually spent on bridges over a 5-year period.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has sued a central Illinois debt-collection agency for allegedly attempting to collect invalid debts from Minnesotans.

The AMA reminds motorcyclists that Ride to Work Day is this Wednesday, July 16, and encourages all riders to put some extra fun in their daily commutes, save a little gas--and then take the long way home.

The former, colorful Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura announced that he will not be running for the Senate as an independent on CNN's "Larry King Live," deciding to stay out of an already-entertaining Senate ...

Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant.

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was among a group of leaders gathered this weekend at the National Governors' Association getting buzz as a possible presidential runningmate.

Sun, Jul 13, 2008 From the coal fields of West Virginia to the corn fields of Iowa, governors are talking at their summer meeting about moving beyond ethanol produced just from food sources.

Governor Tim Pawlenty will be the keynote speaker at an energy conference in St.

State Sen. Betsy L. Wergin, R-Princeton, was appointed today to the state's Public Utilities Commission.