Updates
Latest Headlines in Detail
Ortman, Ingebrigtsen named to Senate leadership team
Politics in Minnesota
Jan 03Julianne Ortman, a three-term senator from Chanhassen, will serves as Senjem's number two as deputy majority leader. Bill Ingebrigtsen, a two-term senator from Alexandria, will take a remaining assistant majority leader slot. »
The 50 best Mayo Clinic doctors. Ever.
Medcity News
Dec 22The Mayo Clinic. While it bears the name of its founders, Mayo’s worldwide reputation is not tied inextricably to them. Instead, it rests upon countless physicians who have worked there over time. Yesterday, my colleague Brandon Glenn ran a list of the... »
Sawalich’s exit shakes up GOP chair contest
Politics in Minnesota
Dec 19Brandon Sawalich's abrupt exit from the GOP chair contest -- following his brief arrest for expired license tabs and questions about a sexual harassment lawsuit settlement -- has left the field wide open. »
Sawalich backs out of race for top GOP party spot
MPR News Politics
Dec 16Less than a week after declaring his candidacy for the Republican Party of Minnesota's top spot, Starkey Laboratories Senior Vice President Brandon Sawalich has dropped his bid. »
Brandon Sawalich drops out of MN GOP chair race
Politics in Minnesota
Dec 16A day after his arrest for driving with an expired automobile registration, the leading candidate for state Republican Party chairman left the race. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Rick Santorum polling well before Tuesday caucuses | The Glean
MinnPost
Feb 06MORNING EDITION Rick Santorum polling well before Tuesday caucuses By Brian Lambert | Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 Conventional wisdom may say that the Republican establishment, which may include talk radio hosts and SuperPAC moguls, will not allow anyone but ... »
Occupy Mexico? How about 'End the Drug War'? | Global Post
MinnPost
Jan 31Occupy Mexico? How about 'End the Drug War'? By Nathaniel Parish Flannery | Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 MEXICO CITY — On a bright day in January, a handful of demonstrators gathered in front of the gleaming mirrored panels of the Mexico City stock exchange,... »
The man who would defeat Hugo Chávez | WorldCSM
MinnPost
Jan 30After 12 years orchestrating his Bolivarian Revolution, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is preparing to run for a fourth, six-year term in power. But a traditionally disjointed opposition has finally begun to work together to battle for his defeat in ... »
Cops to target Minnesota's 13 most DUI-prone counties | The Glean
MinnPost
Jan 30MORNING EDITION Cops to target Minnesota's 13 most DUI-prone counties By Brian Lambert | Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 Call it “county profiling.” Cops are targeting 13 Minnesota counties for extra DUI patrol because of their boozy history. The Fox9 story by S... »
Stonewall endorses Schaff, Germain, Degree, Maguire and Bates
MN Progressive Project
Jan 27Stonewall DFL met yesterday to endorse candidates in a bunch of races. Stonewall DFL is the LGBT caucus of the DFL. The endorsements in Eagan and St. Paul races are the most controversial. In Eagan's SD38 Senate race, Stonewall endorsed Eagan Mayor Mik... »