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Emmer campaign hires Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh, communications director for the Minnesota Department of Education, is taking a four-month leave of absence to become deputy communications director for Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign.
Minnesota nurses, hospitals reach agreement
The Minnesota Nurses Association, which had a strike scheduled to begin July 6, has reached an agreement with 14 Twin Cities hospitals on new collective bargaining agreements, according to a joint statement this afternoon from both groups.
Entenza, Dayton spend big on primary air war
Swenson, from Kelliher’s campaign, insists that her opponents’ deep pockets aren’t a concern.
Conservative women’s PAC endorses 8 lege candidates
The Voices of Conservative Women political action committee (VOICESPAC), based in Maple Grove, has endorsed eight candidates for the Minnesota state Legislature, three in the Senate and five in the House.
Kelliher plans TV ads after July 4
The campaign of DFL-endorsed candidate for governor Margaret Anderson Kelliher plans to begin airing television ads after the Fourth of July, a campaign spokesman said today.
Minnesota nurses set strike date
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have set a July 6 strike date if they fail to reach agreement with 14 Twin Cities hospitals before then.
Fall elections to change face of metro law enforcement
Three chief county prosecutors in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, with a combined 55 years of experience, are leaving their jobs at the end of the year and triggering something of a shakeup among metro county attorneys.
Biz $ vs. labor $
It’s a deceptively simple question: Who donates more to political candidates and causes, business or labor? In the wake of recent changes to Minnesota campaign law stemming from last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case, advocates from both sides are giving radically discrepant answers to that question.
Matt Kramer named head of St. Paul Chamber
Matt Kramer, a former commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and a former chief of staff for Gov. Tim Pawlenty, has been named president of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.
At the state fair: The usual political suspects
None of Minnesota's gubernatorial candidates have staked out their spots yet at the Minnesota State Fair, which begins in slightly more than two months.
Ex-girlfriend accuses Anzelc of stalking, harassment
Minnesota state Rep. Tom Anzelc, DFL-Balsam, has been served with a restraining order by an ex-girlfriend, who accuses the two-term lawmaker of stalking and harassing her after their relationship ended.
2nd Franken staffer decamps for EMILY’S List
Jess McIntosh, who spent three years as a spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has taken a position as deputy communications director with EMILY'S List, a Washington-based group that works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office.
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