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Tom Emmer concedes governor's race to Mark Dayton [UPDATE]

Tom Emmer says it's time to move on.​Given the steady drip, drip, drip of his failed ballot challenges and dead-end legal maneuvers since Election Day, it almost seems anticlimactic that Republican Tom Emmer has finally concluded that his race for governor is lost. A lot of GOP insiders, and ... More >>

Tom Emmer quitting race. Mark Dayton will govern Minnesota

Mark Dayton will be the next governor of Minnesota.​It's over. Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer will concede the race to Democrat Mark Dayton in an official announcement at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in his hometown of Delano. Emmer decided to quit his recount battle against Dayton just h ... More >>

Minneapolis Police Federation endorses Mark Dayton

Mark Dayton scores another law-and-order win.​The 900-member strong Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis is moving from the red to the blue column, announcing today that it was endorsing Democrat Mark Dayton for governor.

Matt Entenza just might win

DFL dark horse outspends rivals

R.T. Rybak launches campaign for governor

The Minneapolis mayor kicks off his campaign for governor at the Varsity Theater.

Paul Thissen is statehouse's smartest, but is he ready to be governor?

The well-liked brainiac is quickly turning from race's darkhorse to its thoroughbred

Highway 8 to Hazelden among state's most dangerous

Getting to life-saving drug and alcohol rehab center could kill you

Alan Page announces judges to hear Coleman suit

Feeling Minnesota

Is it possible to understand our state's politics? You betcha.

The Smiling Face of Pain

The "new" Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one

Swanson competitive in DFL Attorney General Fundraising

The "new" Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one

The Spoiler

Consultant and candidate Hutchinson won't "shock the world"—but will he tip the race for gov?

The Pit Bull as Pragmatist

With the DFL gubernatorial endorsement, will Mike Hatch have to play nice?

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

Stick-Free

The only place you'll find Schumacher's famous Czech-German cuisine today is twixt the mighty Midway and Ye Old Mill

Dead Set on Destruction

Even Republicans are alarmed by the governor's fiscal mismanagement

Pawlenty's Education Switcheroo

Keep a close eye on my left hand...

Take It Up with the Judge

Judge Harvey Ginsberg seems to have a little anger problem

No Pain, No Gain

It's not torture when Americans are doing it

The Cost of Conventional Wisdom

Minneapolis loses millions on convention center; federal mediation confidential

More Wellstone Memories

Minneapolis loses millions on convention center; federal mediation confidential

Let the Games Begin

The Twins finally bring home the 2002 edition

Meet Judge Cupcake

Instead of a 12-year prison sentence, Judge James Campbell gave an attempted murderer a few months in the workhouse. And he can't understand why everyone's so upset about it.

Arrested Development

City officials say the head of the Frogtown Action Alliance is dodging them. Two former employees say he sexually harassed them. Leaders in the struggling St. Paul neighborhood fear Shem Shakir's bad karma is contagious.

A Clockwork Purple

How Prince's revolution was won--and where it got him

Sunfish Lake: The Phantom Menace

NSP says its power-line project is just a routine upgrade. Scientists promise there's nothing to fear. But in this tony St. Paul suburb, there's talk of miscarriages, cancer, and lawsuits.

Love Stings

Wings sprinkled with fairy dust. Free-falling sex. A bite that can kill. Meet Minnesota's favorite insect -- and the men who adore it.

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.

One More Time

They say people who fish and farm can't elect a governor anymore. Tell that to Doug Johnson

The Player

From West Bank radical to White House insider, he's remained the most powerful man you've never heard of.

Seven-Year Itch

Critics say Minnesota's vaunted effort to make courts fairer is all talk and no action.

Bench Warrant

Minnesota Supreme Court candidate Greg Wersal says state rules barring judicial hopefuls from raising funds are disingenuous. "You think judges don't know who's buttering their bread?"

What Makes Barbara Run

Would-be-mayor Barbara Carlson means to make Minneapolis everything she has always imagined it to be.

Haskins's Heroes

Would-be-mayor Barbara Carlson means to make Minneapolis everything she has always imagined it to be.

Last Man Standing

In the 25 years that he's served as Hennepin County's first and only chief public defender, Bill Kennedy has earned a tough-as-nails reputation for the way he defends his clients, his staff, and himself. This year he's pitted against Hennepin County prose

WOULD THE REAL ARNE CARLSON STEP FORWARD?

In the 25 years that he's served as Hennepin County's first and only chief public defender, Bill Kennedy has earned a tough-as-nails reputation for the way he defends his clients, his staff, and himself. This year he's pitted against Hennepin County prose

Buried History

In the 25 years that he's served as Hennepin County's first and only chief public defender, Bill Kennedy has earned a tough-as-nails reputation for the way he defends his clients, his staff, and himself. This year he's pitted against Hennepin County prose