Three factors seem to be combining to hold down voter interest as Mayor R.T. Rybak seems a lock to win re-election handily in an 11-candidate field. The city's new ranked-choice voting system appears to be a major factor.

Thousands of Minnesotans — mostly pro-Obama people — headed to the Target Center for a chance to hear the president articulate his health-care hopes and rally the faithful.

Related: Remarks of President Obama at the rally
Slideshow: Photos from inside and outside the Target Center rally

The 6th District congresswoman has stirred new controversy with her recent "bloody" remarks against health care reform. Both her supporters and detractors say her verbal fireworks are meant to raise both money and her national profile.

Emergency room physician Paul Hochfeld signs emails with this grim prognosis: "Be well. Being otherwise is very expensive." Dr. Hochfeld should know. His video, "Health, Money and Fear," offers experts bluntly dissecting how the U.S. health system became the most expensive one in the world and what to do about it.

LEWISTON, Minn. — As state officials gamble on economic recovery to close major gaps in future budgets, MinnPost is taking a road trip through the Minnesota economy. Today, we visit the south and central regions.

Minnesota is betting big time on recovery from this recession, but odds are high that some troubling trends are not merely cyclical. To shed light on the odds, MinnPost will examine Minnesota's economy over the rest of this year, assessing damage region by region and looking ahead to prospects for recovery. We begin with this three-part overview.

Confused about what you should and shouldn't do while biking in Minnesota? Here's a video summary of the basic rules of the road for cyclists.

Here's a video tour of the major biking trails in the Twin Cities metro area.

Mick Spence, a local entertainment and copyright attorney, took in every second of the trial of a Brainerd woman who downloaded and shared songs on Kazaa. Spence assesses the jury's decision to award the music industry $1.92 million in damages.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. John Kline and other Republicans spoke out fiercely today against the inclusion of a public option in any health-care reform legislation, saying that it could drive private insurers out of business and would essentially create a single-payer system.