ST. PAUL -- Despite admittedly rusty talk-radio skills, Gov. Jesse Ventura launched his weekly ''Lunch with the Governor'' show Friday with a mix of media criticism, tax policy, celebrity and citizen callers. In the one-hour...

ST. PAUL -- First lady Terry Ventura took over the microphone for an hour Friday on ''Lunch with the Governor'' for what she called ''estrogen radio'' while her husband was away at a golf tournament in ''testosterone heaven...

...president, which is a personal achievement, personal gain,'' Ventura said Friday on his weekly radio show, ''Lunch with the Governor.'' Ventura was broadcasting from San Diego, where he was to speak as part of the Navy's Fleet Week. Three...

...added that he was shocked to find out that a member of Ventura's own staff asks the questions on Ventura's ''Lunch With the Governor'' radio show. ''Where I come from, that's called propaganda,'' he said. ''The kind of show I would...

...beginning Monday. Ventura got spirited on the subject of shopping while broadcasting his weekly radio show, ''Lunch with the Governor,'' from the mall's rotunda. Mall spokeswoman Maureen Cahill started him down the path when she referred...

...Some lawmakers say they should have time every Friday to rebut Gov. Jesse Ventura's hourlong weekly show, ''Lunch with the Governor.'' ''The one hour of unedited air time, without reporters screening or challenging inaccuracies, can leave...

...dances on the edge of unethical.'' Both Erlandson and Sutton said that if Ventura uses his regular Friday ''Lunch with the Governor'' program to plug Independence Party candidates they will appeal to WCCO officials to provide air time for other...

ST. PAUL (AP) - Gov. Jesse Ventura said the country should scrap the Electoral College system for picking the nation's president and switch to a straight popular vote.

...Sunday's game between the Vikings and the Giants. Ventura suggested the stakes Thursday on his radio show, "Lunch with the Governor." "Even if the Vikings don't win, we already got our plug. Geez, if the governor from New York comes...

BROOKLYN CENTER - A Pierz student was the envy of his classmates Friday when he got to spend the day with Gov. Jesse Ventura as part of a national Groundhog Job Shadow Day.