Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS -- A commission convened by former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Gov. Arne Carlson says Minnesota should raise cigarette, alcohol and income taxes to end a week-old government shutdown. The report released Thursday says a $5 billion deficit could be erased...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Vice President Walter Mondale says he now supports Barack Obama for president. Mondale, who's a Democratic superdelegate, had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton. But Mondale told WCCO-AM on Wednesday that Obama is now the party's nominee, and he supports the...