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2 hrs ago | WQOW

Minn. increases DWI patrols for July 4 weekend

After a deadly Memorial Day weekend on Minnesota roads, authorities are stepping up patrols for drunken drivers over the Independence Day holiday.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

6 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Number Of Abortion Procedures Continues To Decline In Minnesota And Wisconsin

The following summarizes news coverage of state abortion statistics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

13 hrs ago | The Corner

What The Minnesota Recount Saved Us

From First Read : Indeed, had Franken been in the Senate then, you could have probably added some $30-$50 billion to the size of the $787 billion stimulus; that was the cost of getting one more GOP vote, Susan Collins.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Free Republic

Al Franken's Blue Ball

The Minnesota Supreme Court has now ended months of vote fraud and other assorted acts of skullduggery to pronounce Al Franken winner of the state's 2008 senatorial race over Republican Norm Coleman.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Comedy Movies, Al Franken, Minnesota Government

KSAX

Minnesotans Can Fish Free in Most State Parks

Minnesota residents can fish without a license in most state parks beginning Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

KSAX

MPCA Seeks Help Cleaning Lincoln Co. Lake

Residents in southwestern Minnesota will soon get a chance to comment on a report that shows an area lake continues to have poor water quality.

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KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

Minnesota Trucking Company Closing Operations, 200 To Lose Jobs

Duluth-based Monson Trucking is shutting down operations August 31st, putting 200 people out of work.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

New York Times

What's So Super About a Supermajority?

Senators Robert C. Byrd and Edward M. Kennedy before a military budget hearing in 2007.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Bernard Sanders, Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat

WCCO

Pawlenty Gives Go-Ahead To Solo Minn. Budget Cuts

Share + Jul 1, 2009 2:17 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Schools will wait longer for state aid checks, while health and welfare programs, local governments, colleges and universities and most state agencies will get less money.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Government, Offbeat

Star Tribune

Number of abortions down slightly in Minnesota

The number of abortions in Minnesota in 2008 declined for the second straight year, with drops recorded among nearly all ages of women and girls.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Abortion

WXOW

New population figures find growing Minn. suburbs

The suburbs are still growing, but several cities in southern Minnesota lost population from 2007 to 2008.

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Related Topix: Waconia, MN

Tue Jun 30, 2009

GretaWire

Repub Party Statement

Below is the statement of the Republican Party of Minnesota upon learning the news of the Al Franken win: Republican Party of Minnesota Statement on Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling St.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Norm Coleman, US News, Minnesota Government

KAAL

Minnesota Budget Cuts to Begin; Protests Get Louder

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration is ready to move forward with his lone deficit fix starting Wednesday, even as criticism is mounting.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

Politics

State budget cuts start hitting Wednesday

Minnesota's state budget meltdown finally starts to bite Wednesday. With the arrival of July 1, the state's $2.7 billion budget deficit for the next two years is no longer theoretical.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

The Mankato Free Press

Politicians rush to reach contributers

A torrent of political fundraising is underway in Minnesota even though the next election is still nearly 17 months away - activity prompted by Gov.

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Related Topix: Waseca, MN, Good Thunder, MN, Mankato, MN

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Warm Weather, Timely Rains Help Minn. Crops

Warm weather and timely rains created excellent growing conditions across much of Minnesota this past week.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Weather, Science, Minnesota Government

Mon Jun 29, 2009

City Pages

Pawlenty rips Sanford, praises South Carolina's first lady

Gov. Tim Pawlenty had some harsh words this weekend for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the Republican that admitted to an affair last week.

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Related Topix: Tim Pawlenty, US Governors, South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Minnesota Government, US News, Mark Sanford

KSAX

Minnesota Soldiers Prepared to Ship Out to Iraq

More than 500 members of the Minnesota National Guard have finished their training at Fort Hood in Texas and are preparing to ship out to Kuwait and Iraq.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Pierz, MN

KBJR-TV

Group Supporting Sales Tax Hike Makes Stop In Duluth

Supporters of Minnesota's latest constitutional amendment raising the state sales tax are showing what the money will do.

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The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Tribes fight oil pipeline in northern Minnesota

Saying the environmental damage to their native brothers' land in Canada is too great, tribal dissidents on two Minnesota Indian reservations are battling a major new oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Duluth, MN, Bemidji, MN

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