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Minn. lawmakers curious about budget post-cliff

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers hope to learn more about how the recent fiscal cliff deal that temporarily averted an economic crisis is shaping the economic picture closer...

news / region Mon, Jan 14, 2013 - 9:49am

Red Lake Tribal Council backs Canadian rights movement

RED LAKE – The Red Lake Tribal Council voted unanimously at its Jan. 8 meeting to support a treaty and environmental rights movement in Canada. The grassroots movement, known as...

news / local Mon, Jan 14, 2013 - 9:36am

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands last May with with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, during their meeting at the NATO Summit in Chicago. The Obama administration gave the first explicit signal Tuesday that it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014. Karzai is scheduled to meet with Obama at the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama, Karzai agree to speed military transition

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead...

news Fri, Jan 11, 2013 - 12:47pm

Vice President Joe Biden, fourth from right, with Attorney General Eric Holder at his left, speaks during a meeting with victim's groups and gun safety organizations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex Wednesday. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort he is leading to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden meets with gun-safety, victims groups

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is hearing personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he works on the Obama administration's response...

news Wed, Jan 09, 2013 - 11:34am

US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be...

news Wed, Jan 09, 2013 - 11:31am

Board OKs contracts with Paul Bunyan Transit

BEMIDJI – Two contracts with Paul Bunyan Transit, including one that will allow for the continuation of transportation for those seeking methadone treatment, were approved by the Beltrami County Board...

news / local Wed, Jan 09, 2013 - 10:38am

10 arrested as federal agents search Sparboe Farms

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota egg producer searched by federal homeland security agents on Tuesday says it complies with federal immigration laws. The statement from Sparboe Farms in Litchfield comes...

news / region Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 6:04pm

Legislative session opens bright, but problems await

ST. PAUL - Sunlight turned decorations atop the Minnesota Capitol dome a brilliant gold as state legislators prepared to begin their 2013 session at noon today. But in the background,...

news / region Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 11:05am

Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson...

news Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 10:26am

President Barack Obama will nominate former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)

Obama defense pick faces rough going in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick of Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon faces rough going in the Senate as a handful of Republicans quickly announced their opposition to...

news Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 8:30am

Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on...

news Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 9:46am

Technology offers real-time view of Minn. session

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Anyone in Minnesota with the ambition, the time and the travel resources can get a front seat to the legislative process. The House and Senate...

news / region Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 8:37am

Franken to discuss safety issues at Eagan school

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is meeting with education officials at an Eagan middle school to discuss ways to ensure school safety in Minnesota. The first-term Democrat...

news / education Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 8:34am

Bob Franken: A divided Congress represents a divided nation

There is some good news that will come out of the “fiscal cliff” debacle: The 112th Congress will be history. Forget the 80th one, the infamous “Do Nothing” gang from...

opinion / commentary Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 10:57pm

Bemidji City Council: Albercht to be sworn in as mayor

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji City Council will welcome some new and old faces during its Monday night meeting. Current Ward 4 City Councilor Rita Albrecht will assume the gavel as...

news / local Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 10:54pm

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