After 25 years of teaching justice and peace studies at St. Thomas, professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer will retire at the end of the school year. Nelson-Pallmeyer, a political activist and academic writer, focused his work on issues like hunger, poverty and faith.
Republican state Sen. Michelle Fischbach is set to become Gov. Mark Dayton’s second-in-command next week, after current Lt. Gov. Tina Smith is sworn in to replace U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
Two of Minnesota’s most famous people, Al Franken and Garrison Keillor, saw their legacies derailed as sexual misconduct scandals swept the political and entertainment worlds. Here’s a look at some of Minnesota’s top stories in 2017.
Al Franken’s replacement is named, a Democrat wins the senate in Alabama for the first time since 1992, and a man who detonated a pipe bomb in a New York subway tunnel faces charges. Reporter Kailyn Johnson has today’s News in :90.
Minnesota’s governor has chosen Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to fill Sen. Al Franken’s seat until the November election, and she will run in that election to complete the final two years of Franken’s term.
Sen. Al Franken’s resignation, snow in the Deep South, a Stop @ Buzzed campaign and a new nonprofit on campus are all part of today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas professor who lost to Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in the 2008 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senate primary said Thursday that he believed Franken was not resigning for the right reasons.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he’ll resign in the coming weeks amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
The St. Thomas music department puts on in annual Christmas concert at Orchestra Hall, and Al Franken denies another allegation. Reporter MacKenzie Bailey has today’s News in :90.
Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday denied a new sexual misconduct accusation that came from a former Democratic congressional aide that he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.
Democratic Sen. Al Franken issued a Thanksgiving explanation and apology in the wake of four women alleging that he had touched them inappropriately.
A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of improper conduct, saying he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 — after he had begun his career in the Senate.
A second woman brings forth allegations against Sen. Al Franken, and Zimbabwean leaders are confident in a movement to impeach the country’s president. Production Editor Sophie Carson has today’s News in :90.
The House tax bill, Al Franken, the St. Thomas scholarship initiative, and the Zimbabwe president are all part of today’s News in :90.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour.
