The final legal barrier to constructing a $90 million Senate office complex was removed on Thursday.
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Severson locks up GOP endorsement for secretary of state
Former four-term Rep. Dan “Doc” Severson will take on a Democrat for the open secretary of state’s office in November, beating out elections-minded former state ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: House offers another tax-cuts package
The bill was amended only slightly during Thursday's proceedings.
Read More »Steve Simon joins Secretary of State race
State Rep. Steve Simon announced on Tuesday that he's running for Secretary of State. The five-term legislator from Hopkins becomes the third DFLer to join the field.
Read More »Secretary of State field begins to take shape
**UPDATED** Dennis Nguyen is seeking the GOP nomination for Secretary of State. The chairman of Shanghai-based investment firm New Asia Partners expects to make an official announcement in September.
Read More »MNGOP debt shrinks, but turmoil persists
The wounds had started to heal by the time Minnesota Republicans faced each other at an annual activist gathering in Blaine over the weekend. Many Republicans had already come to terms with the drubbing that took place on Nov. 6, when both Republican legislative majorities and two GOP-led constitutional amendments were rejected by voters.
Read More »Zellers backs Bills in GOP Senate contest
The Zellers endorsement comes on top of nearly three dozen House GOP caucus members who've backed Bills thus far.
Read More »Race to take on Klobuchar heats up
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has long been viewed as all but invincible in 2012. Six years ago she trounced a three-term congressional incumbent by 20 percentage points, the largest margin in a U.S. Senate race in Minnesota in three decades.
Read More »GOP Rep. Bills to run for U.S. Senate
The first-term lawmaker is the fourth Republican to seek the party's nod to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Read More »Report: War vet Hegseth to challenge Klobuchar
"I can tell you the paperwork's in the mail," Hegseth told the Star Tribune. "It is very much all systems go."
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