Minnesota's Roman Catholic bishops are urging churchgoers to donate money for television ads in support of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Two Minnesota Supreme Court justices are saying flatly they think a ballot question for a proposed constitutional amendment requiring photo ID for voting is misleading.
Campaign finance regulators have fined the Minnesota Republican Party, former chairman Tony Sutton and a separate corporation over the financing of recount in the 2010 governor's race.
The group that's pushing to ban gay marriage in Minnesota's constitution has raised $1.4 million so far in 2012, considerably less than what's been raised by its chief opponent.
Here are some photos of the President's arrival and departure from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport aboard Air Force One. The photos are from Joe Bielawa for Townsquare Media.