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In a decision that affects several Minnesota counties, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that jails must stop charging inmates for room and board prior to their convictions. At issue was a state statute commonly referred to as "pay for stay," which...
Tags: Minnesota Supreme Court, Andrew Tyler Jones, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Winona County Sheriff, county inmates, charge inmates, Canada, Saint Paul, Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Arizona, Law Crime
Minnesota's top court has dismissed a lawsuit from a conservative group that went after Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and county election officials. The order from the Minnesota Supreme Court says "the time for contesting any irregularity in the conduct...
I think it was Al who told me that the third year of his campaign would be the best," Klobuchar said. "He was right." Franken arrives in the Senate more than eight months after Election Day. Last week the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Franken's...
Tags: Al Franken Sworn, Mr Franken, Democratic Minnesota, Minnesota Supreme Court, Senate Democratic Caucus, Great Minnesota Recount, junior senator, legal battle
Al Franken came to the Senate Monday, but Majority Leader Harry Reid hasn't changed his message, as he's still warning about Republicans blocking bills. Reid and Franken had their first joint appearance since Franken was declared a winner last week,...
Tags: Al Franken, Minnesota Supreme Court, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Majority, Norm Coleman, senator majority, majority leader, franken takes, leader harry, Harry Reid
Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action. Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York...
Tags: Sen. Al Franken, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, US Senate, Senate Democratic, Sotomayor's Supreme Court, Minnesota Supreme Court, The Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Colin Powell
And summer break has finally come for Larry Jacobs, chair of the political science department at the University of Minnesota, who achieved near omnipresence the last several months. Since the rest of the country knew only so much about the great state...
Tags: U.S. Senate, University of Minnesota, Al Franken, Minnesota Supreme Court, Republican Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Coleman&rsquo, Washington, Tim Pawlenty
The Federal Election Commission gave former Sen. Norm Coleman a break Thursday, allowing the Republican to use his campaign funds to defend himself against allegations that a long-time associate steered some $100,000 to him through a company that employed...
Tags: Norm Coleman, Norman Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota Republican, campaign fund, Minnesota Supreme Court, legal bills, Federal Election Commission, Senate, FEC Punts on Kerry
Phyllis Schlafly and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's son are among the notables who are gathering in St...Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman will be the keynote speaker for the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, which runs Wednesday and...
Minn. — An hour-long hearing before a feisty Minnesota Supreme Court put a new spark in the state's U.S. Senate race Monday, but Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman ended the day stuck in familiar waiting mode. The justices didn't say when...
While Franken and Coleman are still dueling, Klobuchar appears to be enjoying a halo effect of being the state's only senator, working overtime and above the political fray. The "lone senator from Minnesota" might be considered the default winner of the...
Tags: Minnesota Senate, Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Supreme Court, Norm Coleman