Special session being sought by Dayton for unemployed miner benefits
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton wants Minnesota lawmakers to meet in a special legislative session to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off miners. The state projects that 596 miners...
View ArticleMinnesota Republican senators don't want offices in new St. Paul building
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Minnesota Senate Republicans refuse to move into a nearly complete $90 million building they say is a waste of money. Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden...
View ArticleCalifornia killings show need to share intelligence
Daily GlobeSIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Friday the mass killing in California heightened the need for intelligence sharing, military strikes in places where...
View ArticleBig win for Minnesota in state transportation bill as state getting more than...
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — More than $4 billion for transportation projects is headed from Washington to Minnesota in the next five years, but money is not the big news for state...
View ArticleCapitol Chatter: Democrats seek to stop rural legislative losses
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Minnesota Democrats hope the flip-flopping of state House control continues through one more election.Democrats mostly dominated the House for years, until Republicans held...
View ArticleDayton meets the press with ups and downs
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Competing forces awakened in Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Friday during his first general news conference in more than two weeks.Early in his availability, he chewed out...
View ArticleLindsey Graham drops out of presidential race
Daily GlobeWASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has moved quickly to pick up some key members of Lindsey Graham’s financial network in South Carolina after Graham suspended his...
View ArticleIn midst of attendance attacks, Rubio focuses on Iowa
Daily GlobeCLINTON, Iowa — Amid new criticisms about his Senate attendance record, Marco Rubio says some of his rival candidates are getting “a little desperate and a little nasty.”The Florida...
View ArticleTop priority for Legislature: fix existing stuff
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Don’t expect the Minnesota Legislature to spend a ton of money on glitzy new buildings next year.The leaders of the House and Senate bonding committees say...
View ArticlePresidential election to dominate Minnesota's political year
Daily GlobeST. PAUL — Happy New Election Year!This year will start with a presidential campaign storm next door before the first-in-the-nation Iowa precinct caucuses on Feb. 1 and spill over...
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