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The fight between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum doesn't just raise questions about each man's strengths and weaknesses.

Dear Democrats Me, worry? Yes. Every day I'm asked by Democrats whether to worry about Mitt Romney. Many of them, frankly, aren't. They tell me about his being a Mormon...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislators plan a short session next year, with a couple of extended breaks. House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, today released the legislative calendar Republicans who...

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital is proposing a 2012 budget described by hospital officials as both conservative and realistic. It calls for patient volume to remain essentially flat next year...

Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty stepped back into the Republican presidential nomination race Monday with his endorsement of former rival Mitt Romney and becoming Romney's national campaign co-chairman. The move is an...

WASHINGTON -- Asked three weeks ago if he would like to run for president, Mitch Daniels replied, "What sane person would like to?" His decision against running, following Haley Barbour's...

NEW YORK -- This is doubtless heretical, but I'll say it anyway: I can wait to find out who the Republican presidential candidates will be. To be clear, I said...

WILLMAR -- Managing the risk in agriculture is a common refrain when farmers gather to discuss their ideas for the 2012 farm bill. "Risk management is a moving target," said...

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