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Political notebook: Gay marriage debate set Tuesday in committees
By Don Davis Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress. That appears ready to change Tuesday when House and Senate committees will hear bills...
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Senatorial staff without an office
By Amber Kispert-Smith , July 27, 2009
Franken ready to be sworn in
Al Franken is headed to the U.S. Senate after Minnesota's longest election contest. He could be sworn in as soon as next week.
By Don Davis, St. Paul Bureau , June 30, 2009
Supreme Court: Franken won election, Coleman concedes
UPDATEDMinnesota news
The Minnesota Supreme Court says Al Franken won the U.S. Senate race and should be sworn in as the state's second senator, giving Democrats senatorial dominance.
By Don Davis, St. Paul Bureau , June 30, 2009
Nevis pig race will decide Coleman/Franken Senate race
Minnesota newsMinnesota’s long-running U.S. Senate will be decided July 5 in Nevis. Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken will see their battle decided by surrogates — pigs — in a race to the finish.
By Brad Swenson , June 25, 2009
Justices examine rural-urban Senate vote differences
Five Minnesota Supreme Court justices must decide whether thousands of greater Minnesota voters' absentee ballots were unfairly rejected in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
By Don Davis, St. Paul Bureau , June 02, 2009
Afton city attorney is a major player in Senate recount
By Amber Kispert-Smith , May 28, 2009
Senate case to stretch into June
Minnesota newsMinnesota will go at least until June without a second U.S. senator.
By Scott Wente, St Paul Bureau , April 24, 2009
Coleman seeks longer appeal schedule
Minnesota newsNorm Coleman proposes that his and Al Franken’s campaigns have until mid-May to file written arguments in the U.S. Senate election case headed for a Minnesota Supreme Court appeal.
By Scott Wente, St Paul Bureau , April 22, 2009
Coleman appeals election
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Norm Coleman is appealing to the state’s highest court to reverse his U.S. Senate election loss.
By Scott Wente , April 20, 2009
High court rejects Franken bid
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Al Franken's demand to immediately become a U.S. senator.
By Don Davis , March 06, 2009
State high court rejects Franken bid for election certificate
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Al Franken's demand to immediately become a U.S. senator. Supreme Court justices today said there is no legal authority for them to order that a certificate be signed.By Don Davis, Forum Capitol Bureau , March 06, 2009
Date miscues raise ballot questions
ST. PAUL – Al Franken wants 60 rejected St. Louis County absentee ballots added to November's election tally even though dates on related paperwork do not match.
By Don Davis , March 06, 2009
Senate trial judges to count 23 ballots
ST. PAUL – Judges deciding Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election trial said Tuesday they will count nearly two-dozen improperly rejected absentee ballots.
By Scott Wente , February 11, 2009
Candidates plan differently for Senate
ST. PAUL -- Al Franken says he is getting in the know, but Norm Coleman says he already knows.
By Scott Wente , February 09, 2009
Senate trial looks at Washington County
A Washington County official testified in the U.S. Senate election trial that his county’s absentee ballot review varied slightly from another county’s review.By Scott Wente , February 03, 2009
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