Independence Party Chairman Mark Jenkins tells WCCO the party will not be backing a candidate in that election -- but instead, will be focusing on trying to get at least five candidates into the state Legislature.
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The evening shooting happened in north Minneapolis.
The 46-year-old was able to swim to a dock.
Rogers is entering elite territory among relievers.
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There's a bunch of things to do to get into the spirit today.
Both pitchers squared off against one another on Thursday.
The Minnesota Independence Party held its political convention Saturday in Roseville without endorsing a candidate for U.S. Senate this year, the Associated Press reports. Delegates did pass resolutions opposing the voter ID measure and the marriage amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. Voters will cast their ballots in November.
The news site's editor Jon Collins tells MinnPost that parent company American Independent News Network is laying him off and closing the site, among others around the country, as it merges with another media company.
For the first time in eight years, Minnesota's Independence Party has no candidate running in the Sixth Congressional District race. Democrat Jim Graves says the lack of a third party candidate will help him with moderate voters. But Graves is clearly an underdog in his challenge of incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann.
State election officials have rejected a challenge from Wisconsin Democrats that phony "protest" candidates should not be allowed to run in the Democratic Party primaries. A nonpartisan elections board said the government cannot investigate or make subjective judgements about candidates' political beliefs.
After two and a half hours of debate Friday, Republican Senators agreed to reduce and eventually eliminate the state’s property tax on businesses and give married couples an income tax break. The $100 million dollars in tax revenue would be covered with the state’s budget reserves. The House has passed companion legislation, but there are several differences. Gov. Mark Dayton does not support the proposal.
