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May 23, 2013
A conglomeration of national and local politics, Minnesota to Washington and, yes, even Wall Street to Main Street. Filed Under Politics aims to aggregate and contextualize political news for the political junkie in you.
Wed, 1/30, 6:22pm (4 months ago)
President Barack Obama will be in Minneapolis Monday to look at steps the city has taken to curb gun violence.
Obama is hoping to mobilize public support to get behind his gun control measures as Congress weighs them, the Washington Post reports.
The Washington Post goes on to report that Minneapolis's response…
Wed, 1/30, 4:10pm (4 months ago)
Roughly 100 supporters, many of them students, packed into Blarney Pub and Grill Tuesday night to support Minneapolis City Councilman Gary Schiff as he kicked off his mayoral campaign.
Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali, a friend of Schiff, was at the event to lend his support to the campaign. Ali, whose lyrics…
Thu, 1/24, 6:27pm (4 months ago)
Minnesota lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would allow Valleyfair to sell alcoholic beverages.
The legislation, authored by Sen. Eric Pratt, R-Prior Lake, would authorize the city of Shakopee to obtain an on-sale liquor license to the amusement park's operator and owner company, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. There has been no…
Tue, 1/22, 4:33pm (4 months ago)
I found this on NPR yesterday and thought it would be something different from the rest of the buzz of Inauguration.
Amidst the Inaugural activities yesterday, President Obama signed some of his first documents of his second term. Oftentimes, the pens used to sign official documents are given away as souvenirs.
Thinking that…
Tue, 1/22, 2:35pm (4 months ago)
The list of bidders for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is down to three, including the local contractor that designed Target Field and other stadiums in the Twin Cities, the Star Tribune reports.
Along with Target Field, Mortenson Construction of Minneapolis has also built Target Center, TCF Bank Stadium and Xcel…
Thu, 1/17, 2:41pm (4 months ago)
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was at the White House Wednesday to support President Obama's announcements on measures to stop gun violence, according to a press release from the mayor's website.
In the press release, Rybak said Minneapolis has seen "far too much gun violence" and called on Congress to pass Obama's…
Mon, 11/19, 3:44pm (6 months ago)
Air strikes between Palestinians and Israelis continued Monday while peace talks continue in Egypt.
Speaking in Egypt, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal dared Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza, the New York Times reports.
Palestinian forces have fired 1,000 rockets into Israeli territory since the conflict began, according to CNN.
Israel had…
Fri, 11/16, 1:48pm (6 months ago)
After winning back control of both the Minnesota House and Senate, the DFL has spent the last two weeks organizing its caucus and choosing leaders.
Last week, House and Senate DFLers elected previous minority leaders Sen. Tom Bakk and Rep. Paul Thissen to roles as Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of…
Tue, 11/13, 4:34pm (6 months ago)
It’s time for new member orientation at the nation’s capital this week. All of the newly elected officials are filing in for their “freshmen orientations” today.
Until these new politicians are sworn in on January 3, they will be working in DC to set up their new offices.
Minnesota Public Radio talked…
Sat, 11/10, 3:18pm (6 months ago)
Four days after the election, President Barack Obama was announced the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes, the Washington Post reported.
Obama now has 332 electoral votes to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 206.
With almost 100 percent of the vote counted, Obama led Romney only 50 percent to 49.1 percent with 8,471,095 votes cast, according…
Fri, 11/9, 1:47pm (6 months ago)
Gallup polls found the widest gender gap between presidential candidates since 1952 this election with President Barack Obama drawing more women and Republican challenger Mitt Romney drawing more men.
Obama won the vote among women by 12 points, while Romney won among men with an eight-point margin. That totals a 20-point gender…
Tue, 11/6, 4:25pm (6 months ago)
Looking for some interesting election interactive features online?
The New York Times is offering an interactive showing 512 ways to win the presidential election over battleground states, like Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, as well as offering readers to document their voting experiences using Instagram.
For a county-by-county breakdown of previous electoral…
Tue, 11/6, 1:56pm (6 months ago)
After user "centralpavote" posted a YouTube video of an electronic voting machine in Pennsylvania malfunctioning, the topic exploded on Reddit.
MSNBC has confirmed that the touchscreen voting machine has been taken out of comission. The video shows the user trying to vote for President Barack Obama, but the machine only selects Mitt…
Tue, 11/6, 12:31pm (6 months ago)
While polling results can be skewed, a new method in reporting the election has emerged: Google analytics. Google Trends measure how many times people search for certain terms, and they have a page entirely dedicated to the election.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney had nearly three times the number of searches President…
Tue, 11/6, 11:45am (6 months ago)
The final POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll shows President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tied at 47 percent.
The national poll was conducted Sunday and Monday among 1,000 likely voters, according to POLITICO.
The previous poll was conducted last week and found the race tied at 48 percent. Throughout the polling…
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