Homegrown candidate looks to grow economy from the ground up

Tim Davis, candidate for U.S. Senate, is banking on the roots of Minnesota farmers to help create jobs and turn the economy around. The difference between Davis and other candidates, however, is he hopes those roots will be attached to a cannabis plant. Full story.

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Full-length interview with Jim Graves, Democratic candidate for Congress

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Profile on Tom Horner, independent candidate for Governor

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Tom Horner, the independent candidate for Governor, stopped by campus and gave us an interview.  Click play to hear the whole interview or stay tuned for the full text story coming out during our next release on Monday.

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King Banaian to run for MN House

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King Banaian, professor at SCSU, has recently officially announced that he will be running for The State House of Representatives.

Banaian said, “I’ve been someone whose covered pretty much the entire range of what people can do on campus.”

King Banaian has been a professor at SCSU for 26 years. He has Been Chairmen for the Econ. Dept. for nine years.

Banaian said, “I was ending being the department chair and our daughter turned 16 and doesn’t need as much of her dad. We thought, ‘now’s the time to run.”

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