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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative & political notebook: News story clouds university budget
By Don Davis The University of Minnesota prepares to ask legislators to approve a $1.8 billion budget as some lawmakers question a Wall Street Journal story that showed the school has an excessive ...
Posted on 1/11/13 at 6:49 PM
Trial digs into voter complexities
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Kay Mack only talked about a handful of ballots, but her testimony Tuesday illustrated the complexity of a major issue in the U.S. Senate election trial.
By Scott Wente , February 25, 2009
Senate trial intrigue lost on observers
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Minnesota voters – and even politically engaged college students – have little interest in details of the prolonged U.S. Senate election trial, a professor monitoring the proceeding said.
By Scott Wente , February 23, 2009
Candidates plan differently for Senate
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL -- Al Franken says he is getting in the know, but Norm Coleman says he already knows.
By Scott Wente , February 09, 2009
Millions spent in Senate recount
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL -- Al Franken and Norm Coleman are spending millions in the ongoing U.S. Senate fight.
By Scott Wente , February 03, 2009
Counties to supply ballots in Senate trial
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Three judges are handling the U.S. Senate election trial, but county election workers are not done with their part in the prolonged race.
By Scott Wente and Don Davis , January 27, 2009
Woodbury woman part of Senate trial
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – A Woodbury woman played a minor role in an early U.S. Senate election trial controversy.
By Scott Wente and Don Davis , January 27, 2009
Coleman: Include thousands in Senate tally
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL -- An estimated 5,000 uncounted ballots should be included in the U.S. Senate election tally to avoid problems seen in Florida’s 2000 presidential recount, Norm Coleman’s campaign said Monday.
By Scott Wente , January 27, 2009
833 board member was inside the recount
Between 10 and 11 p.m. on election night, workers in the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office began to realize that the senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken would trigger a recount.
By Judy Spooner , January 22, 2009
Senate race long ways from over
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL -- Al Franken entered halftime of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race in the lead, but Norm Coleman is hoping for a come-from-behind victory.
By Scott Wente , January 07, 2009
Coleman challenges recount in court
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Norm Coleman will go to the courts in hopes of returning to the U.S. Senate.
By Scott Wente , January 06, 2009
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