After years of unsuccessful tries and despite opposition from unexpected quarters, Minnesota became the 23rd U.S. state (along with the federal government and the District ...

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson should be happy that Mike Kaszuba‘s Sunday Star Tribune story about her office came on the eve of the first ...

Remember the mini-flap over the settlement terms of a lawsuit the Minnesota Attorney General’s office filed against Capital One Bank? Buried in the June report ...

The $1 apparently knocked off the Capital One Bank settlement to allow then-Attorney General Mike Hatch to direct the proceeds speaks volumes. For anyone who ...

Minnesota Lawyer just posted an article on today’s Legislative Audit Commission meeting, which included a discussion of the June 3 report by Legislative Auditor James ...

The Star Tribune has weighed in on the turmoil in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General with an editorial calling for an independent review ...

Forbes published the 2007 Best States for Business rankings, today. Minnesota moved up from 14th place in 2006 to 10th in 2007. That's terrific news ...

Former Attorney General Mike Hatch, speaking with Minnesota Lawyer earlier today, expressed no discomfort at leaving his role as consumer crusader to don the mantle ...

More than one reliable source has told Minnesota Lawyer that former state Attorney General (and former “director of complex litigation” under current AG Lori Swanson) ...

Minneapolis-based columnist Barry Casselman is a scribe with an eye for the details of Minnesota politics—from a center-right viewpoint. Casselman writes about national and state ...