‘What I would do is look at the programs that L.B.J. gave us with the Great Society and they’d be gone,’ said Bachmann
Michele Bachmann supports $690 million bridge project in district - TheDC
Critics say bridge connecting 20,000-person town is the next ‘bridge to nowhere’
Minn. leaders make deal to end government shutdown - AP
Gov. Mark Dayton said the state government would be back in business ‘very soon’
Minnesota bars run out of liquor due to shutdown - Star Tribune
‘It’s going to cripple our industry’
Minnesota's governor takes a page out of the Obama playbook
Gov. Dayton is supporting a state debt commission similar to the Simpson-Bowles commission.
Pawlenty attacks bipartisan commission to end Minnesota government shutdown - TheDC
‘I commend the Republicans in the Legislature for sticking to their guns’
Fmr. VP Walter Mondale enlisted to negotiate end to MN government shutdown - WaPo
‘The Minnesota state government shut down at midnight Friday morning, after a six-month impasse over how to close a $5 billion budget gap’
Minnesota government enters shutdown over budget impasse - AP
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton demands that legislature raise taxes on rich, Republicans refuse
Minnesota melee: Bachmann hits Pawlenty - TheDC
Bachmann quotes Pawlenty saying he was interested in Massachusetts’ health care model
Minnesota says 'no thanks' to Pawlenty, Bachmann for 2012 - TheDC
Public Policy Polling poll shows 28 percent of state’s voters favor Pawlenty run, 14 percent back Bachmann
Club for Growth finds Pawlenty's record mixed, calls his 'clunkers' 'difficult to ignore' - TheDC
Pawlenty hits up Minn. donors, saying he needs money for 'Buick' campaign - AP
Aides call Wednesday his biggest fundraising event of the financial quarter
Minn. mayor bitten on the face by man during attempted robbery - Duluth News Tribune
Mayor pursued suspects, earned an inch-long gash on side of head
Jumping the gun: Pawlenty says 'I'm running;' Not official, says campaign - AP
Pawlenty moved quickly Tuesday to knock down a CNN story that appeared to show him officially entering the race
In first quarter, Bachmann beats out Romney in fundraising - Fox News
The likely Republican presidential candidate’s PAC took in $500,000 while her Congressional reelection fund scored $1.7 million
Bachmann to form exploratory committee in June, CNN reports - CNN
Source says Bachmann presidential run will begin in early summer
NBA referee calls foul, sues over AP reporter's tweet - St. Paul Pioneer Press
The suit alleges that an AP reporter intended to imply that veteran ref Bill Spooner ‘[made] a false officiating call’ on behalf of the Minnesota Timberwolves
Prosecutors: Minn. man 'hunted' suicidal victims - AP
Prosecutors say William Melchert-Dinkel used alter egos to stalk victims and get them to commit suicide for the ‘thrill of the chase’
Former senator-turned staffer takes reins for Minnesota freshman - TheDC
Freshman Rep. Chip Cravaack, Minnesota Republican, hires former United States senator Rod Grams as his chief of staff
