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BEMIDJI – State Rep. John Persell, DFL-Bemidji, was named House Majority Whip Friday. In that role, Persell will help House Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul in leading the House...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, a senior administration official said, making the first move in an...

And now let us speak of the current lame-duck session of the 112th Congress. Daily we witness the death throes of the final assemblage of this particular group of elected...

WASHINGTON — The dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation says reviving a ban on assault weapons won't solve the problem of gun violence. Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson has been a staunch...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and House Speaker John Boehner are "pretty close" to a grand fiscal deal to avoid a...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The executive director of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he hit two parked cars in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune reports...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two weeks before the economy-threatening "fiscal cliff" is due to kick in, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are making significant concessions, backing...

BOSTON — In the early 1980s, Tip O’Neill played the same role that John Boehner does now — speaker of the House, while a popular president from the other party...

By Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL – The only time Gov. Mark Dayton and the four legislative leaders sat down together before the 2013 legislative session produced few specifics,...

ST. PAUL – Local Democratic-Farmer-Laborite representatives received their committee assignments this week for the upcoming Legislative session. Rep. John Persell of Bemidji is the vice chair for the Jobs and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities,...

Michigan gave birth to the United Auto Workers. The union was founded at a convention in Detroit in 1935. After its famous sit-down strike in Flint, Mich., in 1937, the...

We’re running out of time to arrange our New Year’s parties. But how can we, with all the uncertainty about the “fiscal cliff? Obviously, that’s the preoccupation of each and...