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An excerpt from recent editorials in Midwest newspapers. On affording purple with our state's gold? How legislators spend state tax money says a lot about our values in the North...

Finally, a Minnesota politician is showing some leadership on the stadium needs for the state's most popular professional team -- the Vikings. The Vikings' ownership and the National Football League...

A regional educational leader -- Ridgewater College of Willmar and Hutchinson -- is celebrating 50 years of higher education in west central Minnesota. Over the past half century, Ridgewater and...

WASHINGTON -- The Republican establishment is said to have grave qualms about Gov. Rick Perry. Here's the problem: There is no Republican establishment. It squandered its authority by building up...

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...

Minnesota's longest state government shutdown appears to be ending as soon as the Legislature can complete the budget bills and Gov. Mark Dayton can sign them. That is a relief...

Minnesota's state government shutdown has now entered its seventh day with no end in sight. State leaders gave little indication Wednesday that they are progressing to an agreement. The state's...

The growing appetite in Congress to end special interest tax breaks hit west central Minnesota when the Senate vote Thursday to repeal tax credits for producing ethanol. The Senate voted...

Nothing that happens in Pakistan surprises anyone, but recent actions make one wonder about the commitment of that country's leaders. If Pakistani officials keep taking actions conflicting with the objectives...

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: From The Associated Press On U.S.

Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign for the Republican nomination suffered a serious blow Thursday as his campaign's senior staff and key operatives resigned. Gingrich vowed to continue his campaign with a...

WASHINGTON -- Anthony, Anthony, Anthony. Welcome back to Powerful Men Behaving Badly, Weiner Edition. There's a lot of competition, but this episode may be the stupidest and most pathetic of...

The U.S. economy slowed in May due to rising energy costs and continued employment challenges, but the Upper Midwest followed the national trend to a lesser extent. The same holds...

Minnesota leaders -- on both political sides -- are upset they are not getting their way in the budget process and have failed to reach a balanced budget agreement that...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: From The Associated Press On the state of civics education in the U.S.: "Pathetic." That's what former U.S. Supreme Court...