The USA Patriot Act passed after last fall's terrorist attacks could help protect the country from terrorism or destroy its most valued freedoms, said two legal experts debating Tuesday at the University's...

The four major-party gubernatorial candidates discussed the state's higher education funding priorities in a televised debate Monday. The state faces a $3 billion deficit entering a legislative session...

State Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, who represents the University area, published a letter in the current New York Times Magazine, asking the magazine's ethics columnist about an unspecified "student...

DFL lieutenant governor candidate Julie Sabo spoke to a University political science class Monday about this year's elections and her decision to enter politics. "I went into the state Senate because of...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - President George W. Bush spoke at a Republican rally in Rochester on Friday, seeking to boost support for U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman and other Republicans. The visit was Bush's...

W By Howard Kurtz The Washington Post here's the drama? Why, with both houses of Congress up for grabs, has the election seemingly been relegated to back-burner status? Is this campaign a bust - and are...

In the latest fund-raising blitz before the Nov. 5 deadline, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was in Minneapolis on Thursday morning for a luncheon supporting Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman. The...

W By Edward Walsh The Washington Post ASHINGTON - Almost two years after ballot confusion and mistakes in Florida threw the 2000 presidential election into tumult, the Senate passed and sent to President...

The University Green Party held a rally on Northrop mall Wednesday afternoon with several of the major Green-endorsed candidates outlining their party's platform. Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Ray...

Minnesota fills vacancies in the Legislature by special election, ensuring no district goes through a legislative session without a representative in St. Paul. But fewer voters come to the polls for special...