February 26, 2005 - More Minnesotans are not insured
"The number of Minnesotans without health insurance jumped nearly 30 percent over the past three years, state researchers announced Friday..."
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February 25, 2005 - Budget cuts staff, swells classes
"Class-size increases, staffing cuts and a delay in curriculum improvements are part of Stillwater Area Schools' proposal to cut about $4 million from next year's budget..."
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February 24, 2005 - No criticism left behind for education law
"A yearlong study of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law by a bipartisan panel concluded Wednesday that the education initiative is flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional..."
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February 22, 2005 - Bill Maher: 'Is our children learning' Bill of Rights? No they isn't
"A new survey found that a majority of high schoolers think newspapers should not be allowed to publish without government approval. And almost one in five said that Americans should be prohibited from expressing unpopular opinions..."
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February 17, 2005 - Editorial: Creating jobs in a cleaner world
"...An illustration of changing times will take place at the Minnesota Capitol today when a wide-ranging coalition of activists will make the opposite point to lawmakers: Investments in mass transit, renewable energy, conservation-oriented construction and sustainable technologies are becoming an important engine of economic growth, as well as delivering environmental benefits..."
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February 17, 2005 - Duluth clergy make case for higher state taxes
"A group of Duluth churches today called on Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature to increase state income taxes and restore cuts to programs for low-income citizens..."
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February 17, 2005 - Congress passes curb on class action suits
"Congress on Thursday passed legislation that would transfer most large, multistate class action lawsuits to federal court, fulfilling one of President Bush's second-term goals..."
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February 16, 2005 - How cuts hit home
"Tears welled just below the surface for many of those in Room 123 of the state Capitol on Tuesday. Judith Blackford of Lake Elmo barely held back her tears as she told senators about the financial toll her 20-year-old son's spina bifida and autism has taken on their family. Jane Strauss of Minneapolis struggled to control tears as she testified about her 7-year-old son's multiple congenital anomalies and her family's needs. And Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, let her tears fall during the Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing about the human impact of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget..."
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February 15, 2005 - Let the House race begin: State legislators Bachmann, Knoblach make candidacies official
"Two Republicans, state Sen. Michele Bachmann of Stillwater and state Rep. Jim Knoblach of St. Cloud, officially jumped into the 2006 race for Congress on Monday. They are vying for their party's nod for the 6th District seat now occupied by U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, a Watertown Republican..."
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February 14, 2005 - Previously Untargeted Programs at Risk
"President Bush's budget plan calls for elimination or drastic reduction 68 federal programs that he has never targeted before, including vocational-education grants, emergency medical services for children and assistance to local law enforcement agencies, according to a list the White House released yesterday..."
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February 14, 2005 - After Bush Leaves Office, His Budget's Costs Balloon
"For President Bush, the budget sent to Congress last week outlines a painful path to meeting his promise to bring down the federal budget deficit by the time he leaves office in 2009. But for the senators and governors already jockeying to succeed him, the numbers released in recent days add up to a budgetary landmine that could blow up just as the next president moves into the Oval Office..."
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February 10, 2005 - Associated Press: Democrats reject Reagan honor
"Senate Democrats rebuffed an effort Wednesday to rename the State Office Building after President Ronald Reagan. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Brian LeClair, R-Woodbury, tried to sell it as a nonpartisan way to honor the late president. He cited favorable quotes about Reagan from Walter Mondale, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Democrats didn't buy it. 'I think if we're going to be naming state office buildings, we should be naming them after Minnesotans,' said Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm. 'And if we're going to name them after presidents, we should at least name them after presidents who this state voted for.' The Senate's State and Local Government Operations Committee voted down the bill. They also tabled a bill to rename the building after Coya Knutson, the state's first female member of Congress--and a Democrat."
February 9, 2005 - Jim VandeHei: Blueprint Calls for Bigger, More Powerful Government
"President Bush's second-term agenda would expand not only the size of the federal government but also its influence over the lives of millions of Americans by imposing new national restrictions on high schools, court cases and marriages..."
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February 8, 2005 - A Breathtaking Budget
"There are two ways to treat a president's budget proposal. The realistic, even cynical, method is to unmask the various bits of budget gimmickry involved, to assume that some aspects are dead on arrival, and to view the document as the administration's opening gambit in a long political chess match. The other is to take it seriously, as the administration's idealized vision of what government should be. Either way, the fiscal 2006 budget proposed yesterday by President Bush is breathtaking -- in the first approach as farce, in the second as tragedy..."
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February 8, 2005 - Editorial: Mean, not lean/Bush's abysmal budget
"On Monday, President Bush sent Congress the most austere federal budget in perhaps 30 years, a plan that would slash aid to cities by one-third, eliminate health insurance for thousands of low-income families, reduce veterans' medical benefits, cut funding for city cops and county sheriffs, wipe out child care subsidies for 300,000 families, trim funding for clean water and soil conservation and shutter dozens of programs for preschool children and at-risk youth. These are not the priorities that Americans voted for in 2000 and 2004..."
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February 6, 2005 - Jeremy Iggers: The Ethics of War
"The U.S. military guilty of war crimes in Iraq? Some people believe it is unpatriotic even to ask this question, which may be why the issue has been largely ignored by American news media. But the question of U.S. war crimes is not being ignored elsewhere around the world, where images of dead Iraqi women and children, tortured prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the devastation of the city of Fallujah and the shooting of unarmed captives in a Fallujah mosque have done much to destroy America's image abroad..."
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February 5, 2005 - Remarks by Sen. John Edwards in New Hampshire
"...George Bush likes to talk about an 'Ownership Society.' We already have one: CEO's with jets; Power companies that get their way even if the health of children and pregnant women suffer. Oil companies who write our energy policy. George Bush's so-called 'Ownership Society' is a secret society that rewards the wealthiest and shuts out those who work hard every day...What we want is an Opportunity Society where everyone who works hard and does right has the chance to get ahead. And you create an Opportunity Society by honoring work..."
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February 5, 2005 - Minnesota Poll: 57% favor mix of cuts and taxes on deficit
"While most Minnesotans say state budget cuts have had little effect on them personally, more than one-third say those cuts have hurt them. Meanwhile, a solid majority say the governor should abandon his no-tax-increase pledge and pursue a mix of spending cuts, user fees and tax increases to balance the state budget, according to the latest Minnesota Poll..."
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February 3, 2005 - House GOP Leaders Name Loyalist to Replace Ethics Chief
"House Republican leaders tightened their control over the ethics committee yesterday by ousting its independent-minded chairman, appointing a replacement who is close to them and adding two new members who donated to the legal defense fund of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.)..."
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February 1, 2005 - Bill Salisbury: Clergy oppose plan to limit health care
"A group of Minnesota religious leaders said Monday they intend to oppose Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan to remove thousands of low-income workers from a state-subsidized health insurance program. Asserting that it is morally wrong to deny health care to the poor, the clergy hope to mobilize congregations across the state against the proposal. A leader of the group called for a tax increase to help finance health care..."
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February 1, 2005 - Editorial: Education funding/Not enough to catch up
"The good news, though limited, is that Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed budget finally recognizes that Minnesota schools need help... But the bad news comes when you dig into the details of his plan; turns out that the 4 percent he claims to add to the state per-pupil formula over two years actually is 1.5 percent over two years -- because much of what he gives with one hand, he takes away with the other..."
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February 1, 2005 - Lake Elmo, Met Council reach deal on growth
"Lake Elmo's population will more than triple over the next 25 years, with about two-thirds of the growth slated for the southern part of the city near Interstate 94, according to an agreement announced Monday by the Metropolitan Council..."
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"The number of Minnesotans without health insurance jumped nearly 30 percent over the past three years, state researchers announced Friday..."
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February 25, 2005 - Budget cuts staff, swells classes
"Class-size increases, staffing cuts and a delay in curriculum improvements are part of Stillwater Area Schools' proposal to cut about $4 million from next year's budget..."
Read More...
February 24, 2005 - No criticism left behind for education law
"A yearlong study of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law by a bipartisan panel concluded Wednesday that the education initiative is flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional..."
Read More...
February 22, 2005 - Bill Maher: 'Is our children learning' Bill of Rights? No they isn't
"A new survey found that a majority of high schoolers think newspapers should not be allowed to publish without government approval. And almost one in five said that Americans should be prohibited from expressing unpopular opinions..."
Read More...
February 17, 2005 - Editorial: Creating jobs in a cleaner world
"...An illustration of changing times will take place at the Minnesota Capitol today when a wide-ranging coalition of activists will make the opposite point to lawmakers: Investments in mass transit, renewable energy, conservation-oriented construction and sustainable technologies are becoming an important engine of economic growth, as well as delivering environmental benefits..."
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February 17, 2005 - Duluth clergy make case for higher state taxes
"A group of Duluth churches today called on Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature to increase state income taxes and restore cuts to programs for low-income citizens..."
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February 17, 2005 - Congress passes curb on class action suits
"Congress on Thursday passed legislation that would transfer most large, multistate class action lawsuits to federal court, fulfilling one of President Bush's second-term goals..."
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February 16, 2005 - How cuts hit home
"Tears welled just below the surface for many of those in Room 123 of the state Capitol on Tuesday. Judith Blackford of Lake Elmo barely held back her tears as she told senators about the financial toll her 20-year-old son's spina bifida and autism has taken on their family. Jane Strauss of Minneapolis struggled to control tears as she testified about her 7-year-old son's multiple congenital anomalies and her family's needs. And Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, let her tears fall during the Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing about the human impact of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget..."
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February 15, 2005 - Let the House race begin: State legislators Bachmann, Knoblach make candidacies official
"Two Republicans, state Sen. Michele Bachmann of Stillwater and state Rep. Jim Knoblach of St. Cloud, officially jumped into the 2006 race for Congress on Monday. They are vying for their party's nod for the 6th District seat now occupied by U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, a Watertown Republican..."
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February 14, 2005 - Previously Untargeted Programs at Risk
"President Bush's budget plan calls for elimination or drastic reduction 68 federal programs that he has never targeted before, including vocational-education grants, emergency medical services for children and assistance to local law enforcement agencies, according to a list the White House released yesterday..."
Read More...
February 14, 2005 - After Bush Leaves Office, His Budget's Costs Balloon
"For President Bush, the budget sent to Congress last week outlines a painful path to meeting his promise to bring down the federal budget deficit by the time he leaves office in 2009. But for the senators and governors already jockeying to succeed him, the numbers released in recent days add up to a budgetary landmine that could blow up just as the next president moves into the Oval Office..."
Read More...
February 10, 2005 - Associated Press: Democrats reject Reagan honor
"Senate Democrats rebuffed an effort Wednesday to rename the State Office Building after President Ronald Reagan. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Brian LeClair, R-Woodbury, tried to sell it as a nonpartisan way to honor the late president. He cited favorable quotes about Reagan from Walter Mondale, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Democrats didn't buy it. 'I think if we're going to be naming state office buildings, we should be naming them after Minnesotans,' said Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm. 'And if we're going to name them after presidents, we should at least name them after presidents who this state voted for.' The Senate's State and Local Government Operations Committee voted down the bill. They also tabled a bill to rename the building after Coya Knutson, the state's first female member of Congress--and a Democrat."
February 9, 2005 - Jim VandeHei: Blueprint Calls for Bigger, More Powerful Government
"President Bush's second-term agenda would expand not only the size of the federal government but also its influence over the lives of millions of Americans by imposing new national restrictions on high schools, court cases and marriages..."
Read More...
February 8, 2005 - A Breathtaking Budget
"There are two ways to treat a president's budget proposal. The realistic, even cynical, method is to unmask the various bits of budget gimmickry involved, to assume that some aspects are dead on arrival, and to view the document as the administration's opening gambit in a long political chess match. The other is to take it seriously, as the administration's idealized vision of what government should be. Either way, the fiscal 2006 budget proposed yesterday by President Bush is breathtaking -- in the first approach as farce, in the second as tragedy..."
Read More...
February 8, 2005 - Editorial: Mean, not lean/Bush's abysmal budget
"On Monday, President Bush sent Congress the most austere federal budget in perhaps 30 years, a plan that would slash aid to cities by one-third, eliminate health insurance for thousands of low-income families, reduce veterans' medical benefits, cut funding for city cops and county sheriffs, wipe out child care subsidies for 300,000 families, trim funding for clean water and soil conservation and shutter dozens of programs for preschool children and at-risk youth. These are not the priorities that Americans voted for in 2000 and 2004..."
Read More...
February 6, 2005 - Jeremy Iggers: The Ethics of War
"The U.S. military guilty of war crimes in Iraq? Some people believe it is unpatriotic even to ask this question, which may be why the issue has been largely ignored by American news media. But the question of U.S. war crimes is not being ignored elsewhere around the world, where images of dead Iraqi women and children, tortured prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the devastation of the city of Fallujah and the shooting of unarmed captives in a Fallujah mosque have done much to destroy America's image abroad..."
Read More...
February 5, 2005 - Remarks by Sen. John Edwards in New Hampshire
"...George Bush likes to talk about an 'Ownership Society.' We already have one: CEO's with jets; Power companies that get their way even if the health of children and pregnant women suffer. Oil companies who write our energy policy. George Bush's so-called 'Ownership Society' is a secret society that rewards the wealthiest and shuts out those who work hard every day...What we want is an Opportunity Society where everyone who works hard and does right has the chance to get ahead. And you create an Opportunity Society by honoring work..."
Read More...
February 5, 2005 - Minnesota Poll: 57% favor mix of cuts and taxes on deficit
"While most Minnesotans say state budget cuts have had little effect on them personally, more than one-third say those cuts have hurt them. Meanwhile, a solid majority say the governor should abandon his no-tax-increase pledge and pursue a mix of spending cuts, user fees and tax increases to balance the state budget, according to the latest Minnesota Poll..."
Read More...
February 3, 2005 - House GOP Leaders Name Loyalist to Replace Ethics Chief
"House Republican leaders tightened their control over the ethics committee yesterday by ousting its independent-minded chairman, appointing a replacement who is close to them and adding two new members who donated to the legal defense fund of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.)..."
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February 1, 2005 - Bill Salisbury: Clergy oppose plan to limit health care
"A group of Minnesota religious leaders said Monday they intend to oppose Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan to remove thousands of low-income workers from a state-subsidized health insurance program. Asserting that it is morally wrong to deny health care to the poor, the clergy hope to mobilize congregations across the state against the proposal. A leader of the group called for a tax increase to help finance health care..."
Read More...
February 1, 2005 - Editorial: Education funding/Not enough to catch up
"The good news, though limited, is that Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed budget finally recognizes that Minnesota schools need help... But the bad news comes when you dig into the details of his plan; turns out that the 4 percent he claims to add to the state per-pupil formula over two years actually is 1.5 percent over two years -- because much of what he gives with one hand, he takes away with the other..."
Read More...
February 1, 2005 - Lake Elmo, Met Council reach deal on growth
"Lake Elmo's population will more than triple over the next 25 years, with about two-thirds of the growth slated for the southern part of the city near Interstate 94, according to an agreement announced Monday by the Metropolitan Council..."
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