On the last leg of a nearly week long bus tour of the state, DFL party leaders gathered in Eden Prairie Monday afternoon to encourage suburban voters to get out and vote DFL from the top of the ticket on down.

After weeks of underwhelming financial numbers for Minnesota conservatives, this week starts with a much more encouraging set of digits. A new poll from Survey USA and KSTP finds an upswing in support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the state, and 52 percent of respondents planning to vote in favor of the ballot question to ban gay marriage.

Rep. Kurt Bills touted 34 House GOP supporters early Wednesday. The campaign of His Republican opponent, Pete Hegseth, said the "bigger story" was that half the caucus hadn't endorsed Bills.

The announcements, both made Monday, come less than a week after Republican war veteran Pete Hegseth said he was entering the race.

Klobuchar's approval rating is at 61 percent, with just 28 percent disapproving. According to the pollster, only five sitting senators are more popular right now.

Zach Rodvold, House DFL Director of Legislative and Caucus Services, will now be the campaign director for the caucus. Redistricting analyst Jaime Tincher will takover Rodvold's job in mid January.

Demand Progress and Fight for the Future are attacking Sen. Amy Klobuchar for legislation that would make streaming unlicensed content online a felony.

Freshman state Sen. Dave Thompson has made it official that he won't challenge Minnesota's senior U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2012.

Ken Martin describes his reaction as “shocked” when he began going through the DFL Party’s finances after becoming state chairman in February. The most unnerving discovery: The party was roughly $700,000 in debt.

With the once-frenzied budget process mired in conference committee doldrums, Republican-sponsored constitutional amendments that would clamp down on taxes and spending are filling the fiscal policy void.