News Tips Support Alpha News with a 100% Tax-Deductible Donation
Home 2016 December

Monthly Archives: December 2016

Ellison photo by By Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Dershowitz photo By The Huntington (Flickr: Alan Dershowitz) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Prominent Democrat to Leave Party if DNC Picks Ellison

Prominent lawyer and Democratic Party member Alan Dershowitz stated his intent to leave the Democratic Party if Representative Keith Ellison is elected DNC chair,...

Assaulted Teacher Sues St. Paul Schools for Retaliation

Substitute teacher Candice Egan is suing the St. Paul School District after it blacklisted her for speaking out about being assaulted by a student,...

Downey Makes Decision on Another Run for GOP Chair

Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Keith Downey announced that he will not be seeking a third two-year term in the position, reports the Pioneer...

Ilhan Omar Takes a Trip Home to Somalia

Minneapolis, MN -- MN Legislator taking on policy role in birth country less than a month before taking office in St. Paul Representative-elect Ilhan Omar...

Klobuchar Makes Decision about Governor Bid

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has announced that she will not run for Governor in 2018. Instead, she will be seeking a...

MN Congressman Creates Judicial Selection Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-3) has created a judicial selection committee to vet potential candidates for President-elect Donald Trump. The candidates...

One Week Until 2017 Legislative Session – What’s at Stake?

Lawmakers are gearing up for several battles in St. Paul St. Paul, MN - The 2017 Legislative Session is one week away, and lawmakers are...

MN Congressman Cancels Speech At Radical Islamist Convention

Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison cancelled plans to speak this week at the annual meeting for the Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of...

Minnesota Lawsuit Put on Hold

Virginia, MN -- A federal lawsuit involving the Virginia school district has been suspended until the United States Supreme Court issues a ruling on...

New Year, New Laws

Ring in 2017 With New Laws St. Paul, MN - With the new year comes a handful of new laws passed during the 2016 legislative...