March 25, 2006 - Time to Stall a Bush Nominee
"We don't generally approve of holding nominations hostage to other political objectives. But Senators Hillary Clinton and Patty Murray surely have good cause to block a vote on the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to become commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration until the agency makes a final decision on the morning-after pill..."
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March 24, 2006 - Senate OKs bonding bill
"The Minnesota Senate on Thursday voted to launch a $1 billion state construction program this spring..."
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March 24, 2006 - Whose Internet is it, anyway?
"The hot debate over "Net neutrality" has spilled beyond Internet chat rooms and into Congress. The concept that those who own the "pipes" can't dictate what goes through them has made the Internet an engine for individual and economic growth. An Internet with gatekeepers threatens the Net's creative soul..."
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March 24, 2006 - Doran drops out of governor's race
"Kelly Doran, an Eden Prairie shopping center developer, today dropped out of the campaign for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination for governor..."
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March 24, 2006 - Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement
"When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers..."
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March 23, 2006 - Two to challenge incumbents
"The race for two state house seats in District 56 is on, with aformer economics professor and a teacher seeking Democratic-Farmer-Labor endorsement next month in hopes of ousting two Republican lawmakers..."
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March 22, 2006 - Editorial: Photo IDs aren't needed at the polls
"Most adult Americans carry a photo identification card most days. Most Americans, given some time to dig through their drawers, probably could come up with a birth certificate, passport or other proof of citizenship..."
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March 21, 2006 - Bush raises possibility of years-long Iraq presence
"President George W. Bush held out the possibility on Tuesday of a U.S. troop presence in Iraq for many years, saying a full withdrawal would depend on decisions by future U.S. presidents and Iraqi governments..."
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March 21, 2006 - Deficit Demagogues
"Less than a week after he denounced the "wayward path" of deficit spending to a gathering of 2,000 Republican Party stalwarts, Senator Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader and would-be president, was busy presiding over business as usual in the Senate..."
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March 18, 2006 - Rep. Sabo to end his long career in Congress
"Rep. Martin Sabo, a lion of Minneapolis DFL politics for four decades, is expected to announce his retirement today after 28 years in Congress, people familiar with his decision told the Star Tribune on Friday..."
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March 17, 2006 - Ban on funeral protests passes
"State Sen. Becky Lourey, whose son was killed in the war in Iraq, cast the only vote Thursday against a Minnesota Senate bill to ban protests and picketing at funerals and memorial services..."
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March 17, 2006 - Senate Passes $2.8 Trillion 2007 Budget
"A $2.8 trillion election-year budget blueprint that narrowly passed the Senate forsakes President Bush's tax cuts and Medicare curbs and smashes his cap on spending, disappointing GOP loyalists anxious to see their party stem the flow of federal red ink..."
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March 17, 2006 - Senate panel to OK ANWR drilling bill by mid-May
"The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will approve legislation by mid-May to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, according to the panel's chairman..."
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March 16, 2006 - Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit
"Congress agreed to let the government borrow another $781 billion Thursday, allowing lawmakers and President Bush to pay for the war in Iraq and combat terrorism without raising taxes or cutting popular domestic programs..."
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March 16, 2006 - Mike Hatch: Reasons to object to rate increases
"Xcel and CenterPoint are aiming for their customers' wallets while hoping for a big payday for shareholders in rate cases pending before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Xcel requested a rate increase of $168 million and CenterPoint wants $40.9 million..."
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March 16, 2006 - Johnson remarks target of petition
"Comments Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson made in a January pastors' forum about gay marriage have become part of some advocates' campaign to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage..."
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March 16, 2006 - Voter ID bill clears committee Republican plan OK'd on party-line vote
"Minnesota voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship and a photo ID before they could cast ballots under a Republican-sponsored bill that squeaked through a House committee Wednesday on a party-line vote..."
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March 16, 2006 - Today at the Capitol
"The issue of limiting protests at funerals may be considered today at both the Minnesota and U.S. capitols..."
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March 15, 2006 - Woodbury overpass to close until fall
"The oldest highway overpass in Woodbury, used by more than 42,000 vehicles a day, will soon close for a major long-term reconstruction..."
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March 15, 2006 - Sen. Dean Johnson's statements about court stir furor
"As legislators wrestle with the explosive issue of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson has been caught on a recording telling pastors that there was little need for such a ban because he had been assured by state Supreme Court justices that they would not overturn Minnesota law and allow such unions..."
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March 15, 2006 - Once same-sex marriage is OK, polygamy's next
"The Minnesota Legislature is considering proposing a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Many opponents claim that definition is antiquated and discriminatory. A committed relationship should be the only criterion for marriage, they say..."
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March 15, 2006 - Governor offers new budget
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty called Tuesday for the Legislature to spend about $100 million more over the next 15 months to imprison criminal defendants — especially sex offenders — and to hospitalize mentally ill and dangerous people who might commit sex offenses in the future..."
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March 15, 2006 - Bill orders care for dying
"Minnesota lawmakers waded into the sensitive and personal issues surrounding death and dying Tuesday when a committee passed a measure proclaiming that people who are unable to express their wishes will get food and water with limited exceptions..."
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March 10, 2006 - Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low
"More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency..."
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March 6, 2006 - DFLers have a plan to lower class size
"DFL legislators Monday announced a proposal to spend tens of millions of dollars to try to reduce class sizes in Minnesota schools..."
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"We don't generally approve of holding nominations hostage to other political objectives. But Senators Hillary Clinton and Patty Murray surely have good cause to block a vote on the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to become commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration until the agency makes a final decision on the morning-after pill..."
Read More...
March 24, 2006 - Senate OKs bonding bill
"The Minnesota Senate on Thursday voted to launch a $1 billion state construction program this spring..."
Read More...
March 24, 2006 - Whose Internet is it, anyway?
"The hot debate over "Net neutrality" has spilled beyond Internet chat rooms and into Congress. The concept that those who own the "pipes" can't dictate what goes through them has made the Internet an engine for individual and economic growth. An Internet with gatekeepers threatens the Net's creative soul..."
Read More...
March 24, 2006 - Doran drops out of governor's race
"Kelly Doran, an Eden Prairie shopping center developer, today dropped out of the campaign for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination for governor..."
Read More...
March 24, 2006 - Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement
"When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers..."
Read More...
March 23, 2006 - Two to challenge incumbents
"The race for two state house seats in District 56 is on, with aformer economics professor and a teacher seeking Democratic-Farmer-Labor endorsement next month in hopes of ousting two Republican lawmakers..."
Read More...
March 22, 2006 - Editorial: Photo IDs aren't needed at the polls
"Most adult Americans carry a photo identification card most days. Most Americans, given some time to dig through their drawers, probably could come up with a birth certificate, passport or other proof of citizenship..."
Read More...
March 21, 2006 - Bush raises possibility of years-long Iraq presence
"President George W. Bush held out the possibility on Tuesday of a U.S. troop presence in Iraq for many years, saying a full withdrawal would depend on decisions by future U.S. presidents and Iraqi governments..."
Read More...
March 21, 2006 - Deficit Demagogues
"Less than a week after he denounced the "wayward path" of deficit spending to a gathering of 2,000 Republican Party stalwarts, Senator Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader and would-be president, was busy presiding over business as usual in the Senate..."
Read More...
March 18, 2006 - Rep. Sabo to end his long career in Congress
"Rep. Martin Sabo, a lion of Minneapolis DFL politics for four decades, is expected to announce his retirement today after 28 years in Congress, people familiar with his decision told the Star Tribune on Friday..."
Read More...
March 17, 2006 - Ban on funeral protests passes
"State Sen. Becky Lourey, whose son was killed in the war in Iraq, cast the only vote Thursday against a Minnesota Senate bill to ban protests and picketing at funerals and memorial services..."
Read More...
March 17, 2006 - Senate Passes $2.8 Trillion 2007 Budget
"A $2.8 trillion election-year budget blueprint that narrowly passed the Senate forsakes President Bush's tax cuts and Medicare curbs and smashes his cap on spending, disappointing GOP loyalists anxious to see their party stem the flow of federal red ink..."
Read More...
March 17, 2006 - Senate panel to OK ANWR drilling bill by mid-May
"The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will approve legislation by mid-May to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, according to the panel's chairman..."
Read More...
March 16, 2006 - Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit
"Congress agreed to let the government borrow another $781 billion Thursday, allowing lawmakers and President Bush to pay for the war in Iraq and combat terrorism without raising taxes or cutting popular domestic programs..."
Read More...
March 16, 2006 - Mike Hatch: Reasons to object to rate increases
"Xcel and CenterPoint are aiming for their customers' wallets while hoping for a big payday for shareholders in rate cases pending before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Xcel requested a rate increase of $168 million and CenterPoint wants $40.9 million..."
Read More...
March 16, 2006 - Johnson remarks target of petition
"Comments Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson made in a January pastors' forum about gay marriage have become part of some advocates' campaign to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage..."
Read More...
March 16, 2006 - Voter ID bill clears committee Republican plan OK'd on party-line vote
"Minnesota voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship and a photo ID before they could cast ballots under a Republican-sponsored bill that squeaked through a House committee Wednesday on a party-line vote..."
Read More...
March 16, 2006 - Today at the Capitol
"The issue of limiting protests at funerals may be considered today at both the Minnesota and U.S. capitols..."
Read More...
March 15, 2006 - Woodbury overpass to close until fall
"The oldest highway overpass in Woodbury, used by more than 42,000 vehicles a day, will soon close for a major long-term reconstruction..."
Read More...
March 15, 2006 - Sen. Dean Johnson's statements about court stir furor
"As legislators wrestle with the explosive issue of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson has been caught on a recording telling pastors that there was little need for such a ban because he had been assured by state Supreme Court justices that they would not overturn Minnesota law and allow such unions..."
Read More...
March 15, 2006 - Once same-sex marriage is OK, polygamy's next
"The Minnesota Legislature is considering proposing a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Many opponents claim that definition is antiquated and discriminatory. A committed relationship should be the only criterion for marriage, they say..."
Read More...
March 15, 2006 - Governor offers new budget
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty called Tuesday for the Legislature to spend about $100 million more over the next 15 months to imprison criminal defendants — especially sex offenders — and to hospitalize mentally ill and dangerous people who might commit sex offenses in the future..."
Read More...
March 15, 2006 - Bill orders care for dying
"Minnesota lawmakers waded into the sensitive and personal issues surrounding death and dying Tuesday when a committee passed a measure proclaiming that people who are unable to express their wishes will get food and water with limited exceptions..."
Read More...
March 10, 2006 - Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low
"More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency..."
Read More...
March 6, 2006 - DFLers have a plan to lower class size
"DFL legislators Monday announced a proposal to spend tens of millions of dollars to try to reduce class sizes in Minnesota schools..."
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