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There are less than six weeks remaining in the 2009 Legislative Session, which is constitutionally required to conclude by May 18. In that time, the Senate, House and Governor must...

In a strategic national security move and a recognition of a new traveling American public, President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate highway system.

Is it time to say enough is enough yet? Apparently not for Norm Coleman, despite Monday's ruling by a Minnesota three-judge panel that followed a trial with seven weeks of...

The Cinderella run ended Thursday night, when Bemidji State was ousted from the NCAA Division I hockey tournament. Now, wait a minute. BSU might have lost 4-1 to Miami University...

With a budget battle looming in the next few weeks, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made an announcement Tuesday that even Democratic rivals could appreciate. Pawlenty, a Republican, shared the stage...

For now, heroic efforts have kept at bay the nightmarish scenario of a raging river completely engulfing those other twin cities of Fargo and Moorhead. But as Minnesota Rep. Collin...

I think Michelle Obama rocks. She's turning over the lawn and putting in a garden and swing set at the White House. What better example of family values, self-sufficiency and...

There is no question that the volunteer work of Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo college and high school students has been crucial in fighting the flood of 2009 -- just as it was...

In 1997, the Red River reached a record high of 39.6 feet in Fargo. That was also the year of the Grand Forks, N.D., flood, which prompted this famous headline...

Minnesota is all about progress. Standing in the (way) of progress is a law that was created nearly a century ago involving the sale of liquor. A new bill going...

Permanent flood control isn't a foolproof solution. But it sure helps. And you don't have to visit the Netherlands -- 60 percent of which would be underwater if it weren't...

With a deepening recession and climbing unemployment, higher education will play an increasingly bigger role in retraining workers and in preparing a new workforce for 21st century jobs. An Office...

It may be a city comprised of merely eight people, but it's a city nevertheless. And it's staying that way, thanks to the wisdom of its residents. The city of...

The Minnesota Senate took a first step this week toward reversing the trend of continued job losses in the state. On Tuesday, a capital investment package worth more than $360...

Money is more important than public education. Still. That's the sad message the Minnesota House Finance Committee delivered Monday in defeating a measure that would have allowed school districts to...