What’s at stake for Minnesota in the Affordable Care Act case before the Supreme Court
There is a possibility that the court could find the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional due to the mandate that individuals carry health insurance.
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County attorneys in Greater Minnesota are divided over letting the AG prosecute police
Several county attorneys in Greater Minnesota expressed deep reservations over relinquishing their powers, while some worried the AG’s could be swayed by partisan winds — or make decisions that clash with local views on criminal justice issues.
A Minnesota task force on policing recommended 28 reforms for deadly-force incidents. After George Floyd, will its report get a serious look?
Led by Attorney General Keith Ellison, the task force offered an extensive set of recommendations for how to prevent law enforcement from using deadly force on civilians — and how best to respond when police do kill people.
At inaugural Muslim democracy conference, Minnesota leaders take the spotlight — and Trump looms large
A conference organizer noted that Minnesota has set a national example of what is possible for Muslim leaders.
Walz to be next governor; Ellison wins contentious AG race; DFL takes Minnesota House
Meanwhile, voters in Minnesota’s most populous county elect two political newcomers over longtime incumbents, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.
Of attacks and undecideds: Where the Minnesota attorney general’s race stands
The campaign has defined the political cliché of “slugfest,” with Wardlow and Ellison each offering a steady stream of attacks against each other.
Pictures, passions and podium fights: behind the scenes at a long night of candidate debates
The debates themselves would be familiar to anyone who has seen the candidates before — with one exception: the verbal free-for-all between Minnesota attorney general candidates Doug Wardlow and Keith Ellison.
Amid concerns over Ellison, DFLers find a unifying issue in AG race: opposing Doug Wardlow
After weeks of struggling to deal with abuse allegations made against Ellison by his former live-in girlfriend, Karen Monahan, Ellison supporters are going on the offensive.
Spoiler alert: meet the guy who could decide the Minnesota attorney general’s race
Grassroots-Legal Marijuana Now candidate Noah Johnson isn’t likely to win his bid to become Minnesota attorney general. But in a race where the DFL and GOP candidates are tied, he could play a big role in determining the outcome.
Doug Wardlow says he wouldn’t be ‘political’ as Minnesota attorney general. What does that mean?
Keith Ellison, Wardlow argues, is too political. But for that theme to play to Wardlow’s advantage, he has to keep attention focused away from his own politics, which may be why it is difficult to get Wardlow to state a position — any position — on many issues.
What we learned from the first Minnesota Attorney General debate
Among other things, that Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow have starkly different positions on … pretty much everything.
As Minnesota voters head to the polls, allegations cloud two of the DFL’s most prominent races
Allegations against two DFL candidates in contested primaries for major statewide offices — Keith Ellison and Lori Swanson — became public after thousands of Minnesotans had already voted.
Meet the major ‘independent expenditure’ committees involved in Minnesota’s 2018 election (so far)
A look at the organizations who having filling the airwaves, and the mail, with messages aimed at boosting — and bashing — primary candidates.
Why Keith Ellison (yes, Keith Ellison) has been talking so much about older, rural white men
Ellison said his concern about the mortality rates of older, white rural men is a message the DFL — especially its progressive wing — needs to hear. Part of the reason is political, he acknowledged. But it’s also moral.
Bernie man: At Minneapolis rally, Sanders stumps for Ellison, urges DFLers to ‘get out into the streets’
Sanders — a Democratic Socialist who was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2016 — was repaying support given him by Ellison early and often in that campaign.
In run for attorney general, Hilstrom touts experience as both legislator and prosecutor
“You have to make sure you’re taking on whoever is breaking the law,” Hilstrom says. “Whether it’s the president or the secretary of education. I’m willing to take on whoever it is.”
Tom Foley stresses his legal and administrative skills as differentiating factor in AG race
“I’m the only candidate who has the breadth of experience and the track record to direct an office of that size and complexity,” Foley said. “I know the attorney general’s office. I know how a public law office has to run.”
Margaret Anderson Kelliher is back after eight years out of politics. Can she win over today’s DFL?
Anderson Kelliher was Speaker of the Minnesota House for four years but dropped off the political map after falling short in her 2010 bid for governor.
Why some prominent DFLers are blasting the decision to hold an endorsement convention in the Fifth Congressional District
Both Javier Morillo and R.T. Rybak have taken to social media to say the party should not be endorsing a candidate in the party’s suddenly wide-open congressional primary.
Attorney general state of confusion: How one Minnesota political race went from boring to bonkers in 48 hours
With Lori Swanson deciding to run for governor, the shape of the AG race didn’t so much take form but retake form.
