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After five voting contests, 143 delegates have been awarded and former Massachusetts Gov.

The last time Chastity Brown released an album, it was summertime, two years ago, with High Noon Teeth -- a soulful piece, as bathed in vivid storytelling as Chastity's Tennessee background would have you believe.

The caucuses are coming. Television ads are getting airtime locally, and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was just down in Eagan Feb.

The battle over unions is coming to Minnesota. On Thursday, Lakeville Sen. Dave Thompson detailed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow workers to opt out of unions and avoid paying union dues.

The school district told teachers never to show 'personal support for people' and they feared they would be fired if they did Michele Bachmann's former high school is under fire for a spate of suicides by gay and lesbian students that allegedly followed anti-homosexual school policy.

Despite the gorgeous day in usually frigid northern Minnesota and cheerful crowds greeting him at every point of an hours long tour of this town, Rick Santorum had a doomsday message for those gathered at the local university.

Who knows what Week 3 will bring for the 2012 legislative session, but it's probably safe to rule out peace, harmony and progress toward the greater good.

Three months before proposing in his State of the Union speech to speed up construction projects, President Obama designated replacement of New York's Tappan Zee Bridge for "fast-track" approvals, saying he wanted to cut red tape and create jobs.

Under the pressure of declining state aid, a tough economy and difficult choices about what to pay for, Minnesota's cities, schools and counties raised the burden on property taxpayers in 2012 by more than $300 million.

Pat Becker of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce says the Chamber this legislative session wants to keep streamlining the state's permitting process so developers have more certainty about the timeline for starting work on projects.

For now at least, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign seems to mostly be going according to plan.

Hoping to ride on the shoulders of passionate fans in Tuesday's caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul packed Minnesota events Saturday, speaking of liberty over government and rights over entitlement.

A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser.

Santorum will visit the Lake Bemidji, Minn., manufacturing plant that makes his famous sweater vests, which are for sale on his campaign website.

As Minnesota Republicans prepare to pick their favorite presidential candidate on Tuesday night, local Tea Party activists are hoping their members will play a key role in the results.

A jury has convicted an Akeley man of assaulting a Minnesota state trooper while she was trying to arrest him last October.

The nonprofit Farm Rescue organization is accepting requests for spring planting help from farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota and eastern Montana.

A 64-year-old pedophile will become the first patient to be discharged from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

The cyclists who placed first and second crossed the finish line just one second - the width of one wheel - apart.

This flu season is the mildest the Minnesota has seen in recent years, according to new data from the state Department of Health.