politics

ST. PAUL -- It is a busy, busy time in legislative offices these days. Some legislators and employees are packing up to leave after election losses or voluntary retirements. New...

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota House agriculture committee chairman for the past two years is concerned Democrats are putting agriculture on the back burner as they take control of the...

WILLMAR -- Local GOP lawmakers say they are concerned that DFLers -- who now control the House and Senate and are headed by a Democratic governor -- will pass legislation...

ST. PAUL -- Dan Severson stood in disbelief watching election returns. The former Republican state representative and two-time statewide candidate watched election night as Fox News called the presidential race...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, fresh off a comfortable re-election win, is lobbying Republicans who control the House to bring a farm bill up for a vote by year's...

ST. PAUL -- Sen. Tom Bakk will be the Minnesota Senate's leader. A Tweet from inside a closed meeting early this afternoon gave the expected news. Bakk, DFL-Cook, was to...

ST. PAUL -- It was easy to tell Democrats from Republicans in the Minnesota Capitol Wednesday, the day after the party snatched back control of the House and Senate. The...

Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that...

The final precinct has reported and Republican Michelle Bachmann still holds a slim lead over DFL Challenger Jim Graves by just more than 1 percent. Unofficial tallies show Bachmann has...

With all but one precinct reporting as of 7:30 a.m., Republican Michelle Bachmann still holds a slim lead over DFL Challenger Jim Graves by just more than 1 percent. With...