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Analysis: Palin's resignation hurts her future 4 Jul 2009 18:50 GMT
... gained solid command of last week when Minnesota certified the election of Al Franken as ... good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on ...
Al Franken and the Odd Politics of Minnesota 4 Jul 2009 18:30 GMT
... A newbie reporter to Minnesota politics, I watched as democracy broke out ... After a ruling of the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday, more than seven long months ... Michele Bachmann, a conservative who is an advocate of intelligent design and once entreated a ...
With Franken, Senate Democrats get 60 votes _ on paper _ and a lot more pressure 4 Jul 2009 18:20 GMT
... pass without Republican support. The seating of Minnesota Sen. Al Franken will give Democrats the ... be Senate hearings and debate on appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor's fitness for the Supreme Court. ...
Alligator found in Eagan pond 4 Jul 2009 17:51 GMT
... An alligator wound up in the Eagan jail Friday after being spotted in a local pond. ... the creature. No one was injured. The Minnesota Herpetological Society said it will take the ...
ThreeSixty: Hmong, old and young, worry that culture is dying out 4 Jul 2009 17:50 GMT
... Hmong live mostly in California, Wisconsin and Minnesota. About 27,000 Hmong live in Minnesota, with ... was 9. Trained in public policy and law, Moua is the nation's first Hmong-American legislator. Moua ...
Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms 4 Jul 2009 17:20 GMT
... a one-week temporary budget. The state Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the existing school-funding ... long as it happens indoors. For years, judges have dismissed prostitution charges against sex workers ... with a $400 million price tag failed. Minnesota Democrats had hoped to revamp school funding ...
60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats 4 Jul 2009 17:20 GMT
... pass without Republican support. The seating of Minnesota Sen. Al Franken will give Democrats the ... be Senate hearings and debate on appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor's fitness for the Supreme Court. ...
Bedeviled by budgets, states don't have time, money to keep campaign promises or start reforms 4 Jul 2009 16:31 GMT
... a one-week temporary budget. The state Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the existing school-funding ... long as it happens indoors. For years, judges have dismissed prostitution charges against sex workers ... with a $400 million price tag failed. Minnesota Democrats had hoped to revamp school funding ...
Architect begins preparations for Franken 4 Jul 2009 16:30 GMT
... taking office eight months after an election. As soon as word spread that the Minnesota Supreme Court’s certification was official and that Franken was to be Minnesota’s next sitting ...
Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms 4 Jul 2009 16:30 GMT
... a one-week temporary budget. The state Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the existing school-funding ... long as it happens indoors. For years, judges have dismissed prostitution charges against sex workers ... with a $400 million price tag failed. Minnesota Democrats had hoped to revamp school funding ...
Palin Resigning Governor's Job; Future Unclear 4 Jul 2009 16:11 GMT
... president in 2012. Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota announced last month that he would not ... a clue.” John Coale, a prominent trial lawyer and Democrat who helped Ms. Palin create her ...
Turnbull would love to be on Rove 4 Jul 2009 15:51 GMT
... to enter the American senate. Eight months after US voters cast their ballots, the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Franken, a Democrat, the victor in a disputed election in that state. It was ...
Palin 'is a source of constant surprise' 4 Jul 2009 15:50 GMT
... the point guard who walks off the court," he said, alluding to her high school ... Vin Weber, a former House member from Minnesota and Republican strategist. "Of all the things ...
Trainer Mac Robertson sweeps stakes at Canterbury 4 Jul 2009 15:21 GMT
... disqualification to get the second one. Joni’s Justice reaffirmed the old race track adage "pace ... the $50,000 Blair’s Cove Stakes. The 6-year-old Minnesota-bred was allowed to creep along unchallenged on ...
With Franken, Senate Democrats get 60 votes _ on paper _ and a lot more pressure 4 Jul 2009 14:51 GMT
... pass without Republican support. The seating of Minnesota Sen. the filibuster-proof 60-40 majority in the ... be Senate hearings and debate on appeals court judge 's fitness for the Supreme Court. Senate ...