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650,000 join credit unions as Bank Transfer Day approaches

As the social media-sparked Bank Transfer Day approaches, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that over 650,000 people have joined credit unions in the last four weeks. In Minnesota...

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Santorum: ‘The economy is inextricably linked to the moral fabric of this...

URBANDALE — Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) says if elected president he will work to limit abortion and birth-control, ban stem-cell research and same-sex marriage, and abolish some areas of...

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(Video) Occupy Wall Streeters greet Scott Walker in Chicago

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was scheduled to give a speech at Chicago’s Union League Club Thursday morning, but a few unexpected guests in attendance had their own message to deliver. Members of the...

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Ellison on Occupy Wall Street’s grievances: People ‘got ripped off’

In the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released a video last week calling on members of Congress to help people get a “fair shake and a good job” by putting the...

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(Video) Republican-aligned PAC uses Occupy Wall Street against Democrats

Source: A still from Campaign to Defeat Obama's video The Campaign to Defeat Obama, a political action committee with ties to the Republican Party and the Tea Party Express, has launched a campaign...

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NLRB finds Jimmy John’s illegally threatened and fired employees backing union

Source: A poster distributed as part of the IWW's campaign to win sick days for Jimmy John's workers. The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday finding that Twin Cities Jimmy...

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(Video) Anti-abortion activist challenging Ellison launches anti-Islam ads

Gary Boisclair, an anti-abortion activist running in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District as a Democrat, launched an anti-Islam ad last weekend. Boisclair works for the Society for Truth and...

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(Document) NLRB complaint on Jimmy John’s labor violations in Minneapolis

The following is a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board against Jimmy John’s shops in Minneapolis for illegally firing and threatening workers who supported a union. The complaint was...

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Digital rights groups target Klobuchar on Commercial Felony Streaming Act

Source: A still of Sen. Amy Klobuchar from the ad. In ads that will run on cable throughout the week, digital rights activist groups criticize Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar for support of the Commercial...

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Wisconsin Democrats begin Gov. Scott Walker recall effort

Gov. Scott Walker; Source: Gateway Technical College, Flickr Starting Tuesday, Wisconsin Democrats and labor groups will start an effort to gather more than 550,000 signatures by mid-January on a...

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