Finance and Public Disclosure Board

MNGOP: Alleged recount debt conspiracy could mean jail time for Sutton, dissolution of party

SEE ALSO: Tony Sutton fined $3,000, MNGOP fined $26,900 by Minnesota Campaign Finance BoardIt just keeps getting worse for the MNGOP.During a news conference this morning, Common Cause Executive Director Mike Dean announced his watchdog organization is filing criminal complaints against the MNGOP an ... More >>

Tony Sutton fined $3,000, MNGOP fined $26,900 by Minnesota Campaign Finance Board

SEE ALSO:-- MNGOP report reveals "inadequate transparency and oversight" of party finances-- MNGOP: "No state party may be in worse financial shape," writes Politico-- MNGOP evicted from office space, owes about $100,000 to landlordThe fallout from Tony Sutton's disastrous run as MNGOP chairman cont ... More >>

Minnesota gay marriage donors can't hide identities, judge rules

Gay marriage foes with fat wallets want to stay in the closet.​Minnesota corporations can't make secret donations in favor of or against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board ruled Thursday. Target, you've been warned. The ... More >>

Tripp Emmer was on campaign payroll during underage drinking bust

Tripp Emmer was being paid $622.44 every two weeks by his father's gubernatorial campaign on the day he was busted for drinking underage.​Tripp Emmer was a paid staffer on his father Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign payroll on the day he was cited for underage drinking. Documents on file w ... More >>

GOP complaint against Tom Horner nixed by board. (That was fast)

​Who says the government isn't efficient? It took the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board just a day to consign a Republican complaint against IP gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner to the "out" box. The complaint alleges that former Republican Horner received an illegal cam ... More >>

City Council President Barb Johnson enjoys perks of office

Fourth-term candidate used campaign funds for haircuts, cell phone, cable TV, and dry-cleaning

City Council President Barb Johnson enjoys perks of office

Fourth-term candidate used campaign funds for haircuts, cell phone, cable TV, and dry-cleaning

Hashtag fight! Luke Hellier vs. Blois Olson

Folks, we have a battle over $99 and a political speed-dating event that has turned into a hashtag war.

Political spending up everywhere except the Quam-Entenza household

United He Stands

In the past seven years the Minnesota attorney general's office has earned a rep as one of the country's toughest HMO watchdogs. So does it matter that Matt Entenza, the DFL's heir apparent to the job, is married to one of the most powerful executives in

Secrets and lies

Why Telegate matters

Name One

Two weeks after the election, how many judges can you remember from the ballot? Thought so.

Iron John

A court ruling sets up the latest cliffhanger in the municipal soap opera starring scrapper John Isaacs

See You In Court

Five years ago Mike Hatch was just another failed politician. Then a dying woman walked into his office, and a crusade was born.

Off Beat

Puff Daddies

State ethics officials use fuzzy logic to dismiss complaints about Gov. Arne Carlson's Cigarette-Company Junket

Marlboro Man

Arne Carlson's sudden announcement of support for the proposed U.S. settlement with cigarette manufacturers raises new questions about a vacation the governor and his wife took to Australia last year with Phillip Morris execs.