Minnesota State Senator Tarryl Clark must know something about what state employees like to watch on the television than the rest of the public knows.
Clark introduced a bill that would ban state employees and elected officials from staying at any in-state “facility that makes pornographic images or performances available to its patrons.”
Associated Press is circulating [...]

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This makes one wonder where Minnesota gets its Congressional candidates, at least the ones from the Republican Party.
In Minnesota, a legislative committee is considering same-sex marriage and received testimony from a range of people including Congressional candidates Barb Davis White and Teresa Collett.
This is what White had to say.
“Rosa Parks did not move to the [...]

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This billboard was spotted on I-35 near Wyoming, Minnesota.

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Joey Lombard is running for mayor of Minneapolis.
Minnesota candidates have the choice of selecting a political party or principle of their choosing next to their name. The twenty-two-year-old Lombard selected “Is Awesome.”
So the ballot heading reads “Joey Lombard Is Awesome.”
Lombard said that he put that title together because his friends call him “awesome.”
That is except for [...]

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Proving that politics is all about winning and not principles, the Norm Coleman-Al Franken Senate recount into infinity presents itself as exhibit one.
When the recount started and Franken trailed Coleman, the candidates took the normal Republican and Democratic positions. Franken wanted to include as many ballots as possible for recount. This is the normal [...]

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Most people, seeking a return to the sanity of normal life, have tuned out the Minnesota Senate seat trial between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Here are some interesting updates in case you haven’t been riveted to the webcasts:

Coleman has attended court almost everyday; Franken has yet to show up.
In preparation for the trial, 11 [...]

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As if the Minnesota Senate election isn’t weird enough, 381 voters are being notified that their votes were not counted.
“Your absentee ballot was not counted in the November election,” the letter from the secretary of state’s office says. “Your ballot was rejected.”
None of these 381 ballots were opened. They were part of a larger group [...]

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Minnesota voters appear to be fed up with the vote counting of the Franken-Coleman Senate race.
Two months ago, the election ended. Fortunately, the vote counting now has too. However, Norm Coleman has announced he will file suit to contest the results.
Not surprisingly, both candidates are less popular now than at the time of the election. [...]

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The bathroom stall that Idaho Senator Larry Craig made famous at the Minneapolis airport is beginning to lose its appeal as a tourist attraction.
“I think we’ll all be glad when there’s no special interest in that restroom,” said Patrick Hogan Director of Public Affairs at the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
At the height of its attraction, one person [...]

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Senator Norm Coleman has grown increasingly desperate as the recount whittled away his lead and eventually handed it to Al Franken. Here is a review of that recount.
On election night, Coleman led Franken by 725 votes.
County elections had made typos involving hundreds of votes. Correcting those dropped Coleman’s lead to 215.
A recount of all counties [...]

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