A kind lady from Buzzflash just sent us a link to this online game:Play "Seat the Senator!" Guess the day Al Franken will be sworn in as Minnesota's junior senator and win a prize from BuzzFlashSwitch the sponsor from Buzzflash......

With FEC year-end reports due on Saturday, the committee for state senator Dick Day has filed a termination report. This action matches what we've been hearing: that Senator Day, a.k.a the Termindaytor, is more interested in running for state senate......

A friend sent us a note saying the State Senator Dick Day talked to U.S. House Transportation Committee chair Jim Oberstar about "foo foo dust" today during a MN Legislature joint transportation committee meeting.While we're waiting for the tape of......

One of our fondest childhood memories is of ice skating with our cousins at the outdoor public rink in Madelia. One icy day, we decided that the streets were slick enough to skate back to Avis and Mac's place. We......

It's a slow news day on the prairie. We did notice that state representative Randy Demmer, who lost the Republican endorsement to Brian Davis--whom Congressman defeated decisively in November--filed his year-end report on January 13.Demmer closed the year with $99.25......

Millions of Minnesotans voted on November 4, 2008. The survivors of the U.S. Senate race called the recount%#$%& drawn out. They lived only to face a new nightmare, the war against the Machinesin a state senate committee hearing room....Update: Tild......

We've been preoccupied by chores and research, so today's digest will catch up on the news since Thursday. There's lots to post.Friday's Owatonna People's Press reports in Council: Federal money for flood projects too slow, unstable:So, the city has applied......

One of the surprises for some in the 2008 statehouse elections was Kory Kath's win in the Steele-Waseca County seat opened by the retirement of Republican Connie Ruth. We weren't shocked by it so much as by the convincing majority by which he took the seat. In Kory Kath hits the ground running, Mank...

Much of Minnesota's prairies are under blizzard and winter storm warnings, which--like the Senate recount and cuts to Minnesota's state budget--are dominating the news. The Owatonna People's Press reports that Owatonna teen receives congressional award medal: Seventeen-year old Jeremy Duruji is usua...

Over at Salon, Glenn Greenwald rightfully frets about how Nepotistic succession in the political class is not so good for our democracy. We agree.Since Greenwald cites a historical example of nepotism in Minnesota politics:Illustrating that radical change, here's a revealing......