Democratic convention endorses Simon for SoS, avoids fireworks.

Over the past 20 years statistics show two of the best Republican gains came during off-year elections.

DFLers hit swing districts to push accomplishments.

A new book, “Minnesota in the ’70s” by Dave Kenney & Thomas Saylor, revisits the inception of the ‘Minnesota Miracle.’

In 2012, the DFL and 13 of its Senate candidates benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely classified independent expenditures that in fact were paid for by the party.

Tea Party activists are reacting with alarm to Rep. Erik Paulsen’s comments suggesting that he would be willing to break with GOP House leadership in order to end the federal government shutdown.

With less than three weeks left in the 2013 session, time is running out for the Minnesota state Legislature and the governor to reach deals on many critical pieces of legislation, including the budget.

It was widely expected that Gov. Mark Dayton would govern as a liberal. It is somewhat surprising that he finds himself besieged by a DFL-dominated state House and Senate that each is pushing budget plans more liberal than the governor says he will accept.

With just three weeks before the scheduled adjournment of the 2013 legislative session, the intent of the DFL lawmakers’ actions is clear. They are doing everything imaginable in their power to drive entrepreneurs and job creators out of Minnesota.

When it comes to spending by Minnesota’s political parties, the state DFL has emerged as the No. 1 player in the 2012 battle for control of Legislature.