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Lee Youa Pao and other members of the local Hmong community bowed their heads during a moment of silence to remember the 4,500 Hmong who were forcibly repatriated by the Thai government back to Laos.

I live right near the route and I'm thrilled we're going to have it. There are legitimate concerns by those who are going to be impacted by construction but investing in transportation infrastructure is read more important.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken raised more money for his 2008 campaign than any other congressional candidate in the nation, and the Republican he unseated, Norm Coleman, was the second-leading fundraiser, the Federal Election Commission reported Tuesday.

L aura Goodman, a former Minnesota crime victims' ombudsman with law-enforcement roots in the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, is embarking on a bid to unseat Sheriff Bob Fletcher.

House of Representatives Minnesota would "just barely" lose one of its eight congressional seats in 2012, state demographer Tom Gillaspy said today in an analysis of new state population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

By Doug Grow Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 If you thought the political battles over the state's budget woes have been ugly, wait until you get a whiff of the partisan clawing that can come with redistricting.

WASHINGTON, D.C. a ' Minnesota is set to receive an extra $579 million in transportation, infrastructure and transit funding that's part of a job stimulus bill narrowly approved by the House late Wednesday.

Developers of a proposed Asian cultural center in the old Hamma TMs Brewery complex on St.

District 6 congresswoman Michele Bachman has made a lot of headlines, and enjoyed a lot of publicity on cable talk shows, in her never-ending battle to demonize the community organizing group ACORN.

I, for one, would have never read more deduced that with such a bipartisan political climate.

Minnesota unions presented members of the state's Congressional delegation with several goals for health care reform: Include a public alternative to private insurance, cover everyone, control costs and focus on prevention.

Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., announced recently that the C.S.P.S. Sokol Hall, headquarters of Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota, has been awarded $150,000 in federal funding for safety upgrades as part of the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill President Obama signed into law in November.

Mathematically speaking, it looks like Minnesota wona TMt do so well in terms of federal appropriations for 2010 a ' not much more than 1 percent of the nearly half-trillion in federal spending the House approved Thursday.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Nearly all of Minnesota is seeing measurable snowfall from the storm sweeping across the state.

Last update: December 9, 2009 - 10:55 AM House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a DFL candidate for governor, got the powerful but not shocking endorsement today from EMILY's List, a national organization that supports Democratic female candidates.

President Obama speaks to cadets during an address Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. By Derek Wallbank Wednesday, Dec.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speaking with U.S. Army command Sgt. Maj. Roy Wells and Brig.

" The Minnesota Medical Association generally agrees with the AMA's analysis of the Senate health care reform bill but parts ways with the AMA on its decision to oppose a provision that would require Medicare to establish a value index for paying physicians.

" Congresswoman Betty McCollum today expressed support for President Obama's plan to achieve U.S. objectives in Afghanistan, following the speech he delivered at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

President Barack Obama spent Tuesday night explaining to the American people why he's sending more troops to Afghanistan.