President Obama's jobs bill he says would have created 26,000 jobs in Minnesota -- was dead upon arrival in the U.S. Senate. Republicans voted to kill the $447 billion plan the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country.

Former President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of about 1,800 at the University of Minnesota to rally support for President Obama. Clinton says Obama is the best candidate to support the middle class and improve the economy over the next four years.

U.S. Senator Al Franken says his proposal would cut energy consumption and create jobs in the building trades. He says similar programs are helping local governments save money with more energy-efficient buildings. Plus, Franken says, it would help Minnesota which he called "the Silicon Valley of windows."

A group of legislators from both sides of the aisle want to create a new corporate structure in Minnesota that they say would fill a gap between for-profit and non-profit corporations. B-Corps or "public benefit corporations," which already exist in Vermont and California, would give investors a chance to fund businesses that seek to provide a social good but perhaps pay out lower returns.

President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law, on April 5. According to the President and bipartisan lawmakers who supported it, its passage makes it easier for small companies and startups to go public and raise capital by changing a variety of the regulations around raising money. I don't think this is going to work ...

In his nomination acceptance speech Thursday night, President Barack Obama listed inspiring stories that give him hope, and he singled out Warroad, Minnesota's Marvin Windows and Doors for refusing to lay off workers even through difficult economic times.

A new Star Tribune poll shows President Barack Obama widening his lead over GOP challenger Mitt Romney, with Obama drawing 48 percent of likely voters to Romney's 40.