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Is Minneapolis Now In The Sharia Loan Business?

By Becket Adams, The Blaze

Alert the ACLU! The worst of the worst has happened! The unthinkable has taken place! The state is becoming involved with religion!

According to a recent article by conservative author Debbie Schlussel, the city of Minneapolis is …

Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge

By KASIE HUNT, Associated Press – 16 minutes ago

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival Rick Santorum’s time in the Senate as “not effective” because of his past support for spending on …

Polls: Minnesota Caucus a Toss-Up Among Republican Presidential Hopefuls

VOA News

The latest political polls suggest there may be some surprises left in the race to determine which Republican candidate will represent his party in the November presidential election.

The next caucuses take place Tuesday in the states of Colorado and …

Congressman on hunger strike to show solidarity with Occupy

By: Aubrey Whelan | Washington Examier

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have gone without food since Dec. 8 to advocate for D.C. voting rights.

Ellison, the first Muslim to …

Minnesota leaders report progress toward ending shutdown

By David Bailey

(Reuters) – Minnesota’s political leaders on Sunday touted “considerable progress” in negotiating details of a state budget accord but did not say when a special legislative session might be held to end a 17-day government shutdown.

Democratic Governor Mark …

Minnesota shutdown: No resolution in sight

By Tami Luhby @CNNMoney

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — More than a week after Minnesota shuttered all but essential government services, there’s no end in sight to the budget impasse.

After a contentious series of meetings since the July 1 shutdown, Governor …

Minnesotans starting to feel impact of state shutdown

By Mark Sommerhauser, St. Cloud (Minn.) Times
Bob Pogatchnik has spent 25 years in the workforce. Now, Minnesota’s state government shutdown has put him in an unfamiliar place: the unemployment line.

Pogatchnik, 45, of Albany, is a Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) …

Minnesota government shuts down as budget talks stall

From Leslie Tripp, CNN

(CNN) — The Minnesota government was forced to shut down for the second time in six years after lawmakers failed to meet a budget agreement Thursday before a midnight deadline.

Gov. Mark Dayton held a news conference to announce …

Next gay-marriage showdown could be in Minnesota

By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With New York now gearing up for same-sex weddings, the battle lines are forming for the next skirmishes over gay marriage — and the most dramatic could come in Minnesota.

Gay-marriage supporters …

States considering online lottery sales

By Rob Jennings, USA TODAY

Going to the local convenience store to buy a lottery ticket might be the next common practice to give way to technology.

Minnesota began offering online …

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