Mar 18th, 2010 · Officials and homeowners throughout the Red River Valley raced to finish levees and lay sandbags as the Mississippi, Red and St. Croix Rivers began to overflow in some places. In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has called out the National Guard to help vulnerable communities prepare and officials in St. Paul declared an emergency.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if federal legislation requiring residents to buy insurance goes through. Similar measures, which experts say are mostly symbolic, are pending in 37 other states.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if federal legislation requiring residents to buy insurance goes through. Similar measures, which experts say are mostly symbolic, are pending in 37 other states.
Mar 11th, 2010 · Andrew Cuomo said he has appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov. David Paterson illegally took World Series tickets or had improper contact with a woman who accused an aide of domestic violence. He said he is being cautious because of heated politics that have raised concerns about a conflict of interest when he says none exists.
Mar 11th, 2010 · Andrew Cuomo said he has appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov. David Paterson illegally took World Series tickets or had improper contact with a woman who accused an aide of domestic violence. He said he is being cautious because of heated politics that have raised concerns about a conflict of interest when he says none exists.
Mar 11th, 2010 · NPR's Russell Lewis tells us that in a Thursday afternoon teleconference, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo "says according to his preliminary findings, there are 'credible issues to review in a probe' of the governor. He has recused himself and appointed former Chief Judge Judith Kaye to oversee that review as an independent counsel."
Mar 11th, 2010 · The man who won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in Illinois vacated the seat after he was accused of beating his wife. Democrats now have to fill the slot and are accepting online applications from anyone interested. Two candidates: state Rep. Arthur Turner, who came in second in the original race, and Jill Jaffe, an unemployed certified medical assistant with no political experience.
Mar 8th, 2010 · Gov. Charlie Crist trails Marco Rubio, the darling of the Tea Party movement, in the polls. But Crist is trying to convince Republican voters that he is a true conservative and that his easygoing relations with Obama are not a case of bad politics, but good manners.