With a promise of change, Barack Obama will be sworn in tomorrow as the 44th president of the United States . While the momentous inauguration of the first black president is expected to draw more than...

WASHINGTON, D.C. âÄî As the hours until inauguration quickly vanish, the atmosphere in the district is a mixture of fervent excitement and underlying apprehension. Thousands continue to pile into...

Caps on tuition increase and moving some education online are priorities for Gov. Tim Pawlenty as the state tries to navigate an almost $5 billion budget deficit this legislative session. In PawlentyâÄôs...

Let the higher education games begin. Just three days into the legislative session, University of Minnesota officials were at the State Capitol on Thursday to respond to Gov. Tim PawlentyâÄôs $20...

The City of Minneapolis has called off its search for 133 ballots missing from a Dinkytown precinct Monday. Officials scoured the warehouse where the ballots were to have been stored and recounted in the...

Minnesota candidates raised some of the largest amounts of cash of the entire campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the latest round of campaign, financing reports released Thursday show. With the exception...

There are 133 ballots that could be missing from a polling place that includes much of Dinkytown, the Al Franken campaign said today. The total number of votes cast, 1,896, is less than the number of people...

Minnesota will likely lose a Congressional seat after the 2010 census for the first time in 50 years. MinnesotaâÄôs population is growing faster than many states, State Demographer Tom Gillaspy...

On Election Day, Jill SteinâÄôs third try at the polls was the charm. And as the Senate battle rages, her persistence âÄî and that of other University of Minnesota students initially turned...