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Steve and Cokie Roberts: Moderation in all things

What’s the proper role for the federal government? That question has been a major topic in the election, but all too often, the answers have been reduced to silly oversimplifications...

opinion / commentary Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 12:31am

Sample ballot omitted candidates in Ward 5

BEMIDJI – Some candidates and the school’s operating levy request in today’s election were not included as part of a sample ballot printed in The Pioneer on Sunday. The sample...

news / local Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 12:08am

Three million head to Minnesota polls

ST. PAUL – Three million Minnesotans exercise their democratic right to vote today as polls show some contests getting tighter. Thousands of volunteers for the two major parties, candidates and...

news Mon, Nov 05, 2012 - 11:56pm

History shows Democrats can count on Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has historically been a place a Democratic presidential nominee could count on. Through presidential landslides and squeakers, the party's nominee has won the state in every...

news Mon, Nov 05, 2012 - 11:56am

Fla. remains tough sell to end for Obama, Romney

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — To the last minute, Florida is proving to be an expensive and frustrating state for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney alike, seemingly resistant to...

news Mon, Nov 05, 2012 - 11:54am

Kurt Bills and Amy Klobuchar debate for the final days in their U.S. Senate race Sunday night, Nov. 4. The debate is to be televised Monday night on Minnesota public television stations. (Forum Communications photo by Don Davis)

Final debate shows Bills, Klobuchar far apart

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's U.S. Senate debate, if it did nothing else, showed the political distance between the two candidates. Republican challenger Kurt Bills added distance between his views and...

news Mon, Nov 05, 2012 - 8:16am

Better off 4 years later? A mixed bag of answers

It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors. "Are you better off than...

news Sat, Nov 03, 2012 - 4:53pm

At the end, Romney, Obama spar over voter revenge

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — Reaching for the finish line, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama embarked Saturday on the final 72-hour haul of their long, grinding quest for victory,...

news Sat, Nov 03, 2012 - 1:23pm

Romney, Obama each get something in jobs report

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each got new evidence to bolster his closing argument Friday from an economic report showing more job creation...

news Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 11:14am

Brian Bown, left, of the National Organization for Marriage speaks in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage Thursday during a St. Paul debate. Looking on are Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson and moderator Kerri Miller of Minnesota Public Radio. Don Davis | Bemidji Pioneer

Marriage amendment divisions run deep

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s hottest election topic continues to get hotter as Election Day nears. Whether to amend the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage has generated the most debate...

news Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 4:22am

Pro and con arguments on gay marriage

ST. PAUL — The basic argument about whether to pass a proposed constitutional amendment about marriage centers on whether same-sex marriages should be allowed. Even though passing the amendment would...

news Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 4:07am

Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk of Cook told a union-heavy St. Paul Democratic campaign Thursday hat Republicans presided over the longest state government shutdown in the country’s history. Don Davis | Bemidji Pioneer

Parties prepare for campaign’s final days

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Democrats are launching what they call the most ambitious get-out-the-vote campaign ever, including sending around the state a tour bus featuring gigantic photos of President Barack...

news Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 4:04am

Jim Hightower: Politics creeps to a new low

America has always had political campaigns that dig into the muck of their opponents’ personal lives, then fling any nasty nuggets of negativity they find right into the face of...

opinion / commentary Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 3:53am

Area Senate, House districts races among state’s costliest

BEMIDJI – Incumbents pitted against each other in the state’s Senate District 5 race have spent nearly $100,000 in a bid to represent a geographical area spanning from Grand Rapids...

news / local Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 3:48am

Inside look at Ward 1: Houle, Meehlhause represent different perspectives of ward

BEMIDJI – Ward 1 features a mix of homeowners and renters next to the Bemidji State University campus. Both candidates running for that seat in Tuesday’s election represent two differing...

news / local Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 3:35am

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