Monthly Archives: June 2016
Blame Game Continues as House and Senate Leaders Meet Over a Special Session
Both Republican and Democrat leaders in the House and Senate met with Governor Dayton yesterday over the looming question of whether a special session...
Republican Greg Ryan Goes After Representative Betty McCollum
The race in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District is heating up as Republican candidate Greg Ryan starts speaking out against incumbent Representative Betty McCollum. As...
![By I See Modern Britain (originally posted to Flickr as Houses for sale) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://alphanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/512px-Houses_for_sale-218x150.jpg "Minnesota Housing Prices Increase Faster Than U.S., Midwest")
Minnesota Housing Prices Increase Faster Than U.S., Midwest
New data released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows that United States home prices have reached pre-recession levels, and that Minnesota’s growth is...
U.S. House Committee to Investigate MN Attorney General Lori Swanson
Minnesota's Attorney General Lori Swanson joined 16 other State Attorney Generals around the country in the fight against Exxon Mobil.
Exxon Mobil was originally being...
Report Shows Minnesota Losing Economic Border War With Wisconsin
A new report suggests that Wisconsin’s policies under Governor Scott Walker have seen the state outpace Democratic-controlled Minnesota in a number of economic factors,...
Higher Education Alternative Combats Rising College Tuition
With the cost of tuition continuing to peak, parents, students and graduates across the nation are calling for more affordable education - but are...
Governor Dayton Sets Demands for Special Session
Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) held a press conference Wednesday to lay out his demands for a special session. In a letter to Speaker of the...
Toddlers for Terrorism?
ISIS, the Islamic terrorist group has officially launched a campaign to recruit the next generation of terrorist, toddlers.
The terrorist group earlier this month launched...