Gov. Tim Pawlenty's top finance official says it will take cooperation and coordination to make sure the state maximizes any money from the federal stimulus bill...
A parade of police and fire officials from across the state testified Monday before a Senate committee about the impact of local government aid cuts... Budget coming to a townhall near you
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The biracial American kid with a Kenyan father who went from place to place, who struggled to put down roots and figure out where he fit in? He’s Barack Obama.
The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The choice marked no less than "the dawn of a new party," declared the new GOP chairman, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. Republicans chose Steele over four other candidates, including former President George W. Bush’s hand-picked GOP chief, who bowed out declaring, "Obviously the winds of change are blowing."
Republican Mitt Romney, a potential candidate for the White House in 2012, accused President Barack Obama on Friday of answering to the "most extreme wing of the abortion lobby." Even if the administration "will say nothing on behalf of the child waiting to be born, we must take the side of life," the former Massachusetts governor told House Republicans at a weekend retreat, according to his prepared remarks.
Michael Steele elected first black Republican National Committee chairman.
Most Americans voiced faith in Barack Obama's qualifications for the presidency, national exit polls of voters show. Nearly six in 10 said Obama has the right judgment to be president. Updated: 11:34 AM
A state leader wants Minnesota to lead by example as the government considers new regulations following the deadly salmonella outbreak... 
A new television advertisement from the Al Franken Senate Campaign harshly attacks incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman...