Politics from Minnesota Public Radio

Ventura makes brief return to Minnesota Capitol

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:04:35 -0600

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura paid a surprise visit to the state Capitol Tuesday, but he didn't have politics on his mind.

Candidate in Duluth requests election recount

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:48:40 -0600

A Duluth City Council candidate has requested a ballot recount after losing the race by 153 votes.

Obama salutes Fort Hood victims, condemns murders

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600

One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths.

Minneapolis elections officials finding few errors on ballots

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600

Minneapolis city elections officials say so far they have not found more errors on ballots than they usually do.

Sen. Klobuchar hoping for reduction in medical device tax

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:29:52 -0600

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she hopes legislators will reduce the proposed $20 billion tax on medical device manufacturers, as health care reform legislation makes its way through the Senate.

Next up for Pawlenty: Florida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:05:09 -0600

For Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, it's goodbye farm fields, hello palm trees.

8 gubernatorial candidates attending forum in St. Peter

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:52:15 -0600

Gubernatorial candidates representing four political parties are expected at a nonpartisan forum Monday night at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.

Remembering the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:16:55 -0600

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Professor Nick Hayes joins Midday to look back at the events of Nov. 9, 1989. Hayes teaches history and holds the University Chair in Critical Thinking at Saint John's University in Collegeville.

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:48:37 -0600

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a physical and symbolic barrier between East and West. Professor Nick Hayes joins Midday to look back at the events of Nov. 9, 1989. Hayes teaches history and holds the University Chair in Critical Thinking at Saint John's University in Collegeville.

New survey takes pulse of Europe 20 years after fall of communism

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:53 -0600

A new survey from the Pew Research Center looks at attitudes in Germany and Eastern Europe, twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Republican Congressman Vin Weber discuss the results at a Pew Research Center event.

On long-term homelessness, Pawlenty misses goal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0600

Barely a year into his first term, Gov. Tim Pawlenty set out to end long-term homelessness in Minnesota by 2010, an audacious-sounding goal that he insisted was "very real and attainable."

Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:27:49 -0600

Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visited what was once a fortified border crossing on Monday - retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell.

National security reporters in the UBS Forum

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Kerri Miller speaks with three reporters covering national security and intelligence about covert operations in Afghanistan, the challenges of covering the CIA, and who they write for. Recorded at the UBS Forum on Thursday, November 5.

Democrats' health care reform bill passes House

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:56:27 -0600

The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later.

Pawlenty tests presidential waters in Iowa

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:10 -0600

Gov. Tim Pawlenty dipped his toes into the presidential waters on Saturday night, speaking to a group of Republican activists in Des Moines, Iowa.