Minnesota Lawyer

St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg's momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement.

“Let’s see ‘em vote. They’ve hidden behind their desks the whole session,” Dayton said at a press conference at the Capitol.

Two activists who were at that meeting have doubled down on their assertion that Dayton did discuss the subject with them -- at some length, they say.

A story in the Rochester Post-Bulletin concerning former GOP Secretary of State candidate Dennis Nguyen contained one little-noted detail regarding Nguyen's relationship with Rochester Republican state Sen. Dave Senjem.

EVENTS ORTMAN FOR SENATE LAUNCH: Tomorrow morning state Sen. Julianne Ortman will announce her candidacy for the GOP nomination to take on Al Franken in ...

EVENTS GOP GUBERNATORIAL FORUM: Tonight at the Mermaid Event Center in Mounds View, all four of the announced Republican candidates for governor — financier Scott ...

EVENTS FREEDOM TO MARRY DAY: Tonight Gov. Mark Dayton will appear with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak at a Freedom to Marry celebration at Minneapolis City ...

EVENTS Tonight GOP state Rep. Cindy Pugh will be holding her second annual “ice cream social” and fundraiser at Lake Ann Park in Chanhassen from ...

Though House Democrats sacrificed some of their key priorities in the budget deal that concluded the 2013 session of the Minnesota Legislature, Speaker Paul Thissen pronounces himself well-satisfied with the achievements of the budgeting session gone by.

In the end, the DFL-controlled 2013 Legislature finished its budget work on time — with four minutes to spare, to be exact. It was 11:56 p.m. on adjournment day by the time the Minnesota Senate wrapped up its vote on the tax bill.