More than a century ago, one Minnesota lawmaker was a groundbreaker. J. Frank Wheaton was born on the east coast. Wheaton was the first African American to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1894.
"We're basically in the middle of a complete redesign of Grandma's Marathon weekend," says Zach Schneider, a spokesman for Grandma's Marathon. "Very few parts of the race weekend will look the same as a traditional year and that starts with the race itself." ...
Though the number of Democrats opposing the proposal was a surprise, its defeat was not. Solid Republican opposition had guaranteed in advance that proponents would fall well short of the 60 votes needed to win ...
