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McFadden reverses Dahlberg momentum, leads after ninth ballot
St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg's momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement.
Dayton to lawmakers: Stop hiding on medical pot
“Let’s see ‘em vote. They’ve hidden behind their desks the whole session,” Dayton said at a press conference at the Capitol.
Medical marijuana activists contradict Dayton’s denial that he encouraged illicit purchases
Two activists who were at that meeting have doubled down on their assertion that Dayton did discuss the subject with them -- at some length, they say.
Nguyen & Senjem: The strip club is NOT the interesting part …
A story in the Rochester Post-Bulletin concerning former GOP Secretary of State candidate Dennis Nguyen contained one little-noted detail regarding Nguyen's relationship with Rochester Republican state Sen. Dave Senjem.
Special session on storm damage likely; GOP gov foursome meets in first debate
Update 12:30 pm Saturday: St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg’s momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement. In the eighth round of balloting, which began after an impromptu recess ended the first day of the endorsement contest, McFadden gained on Dahlberg and the two sat essenti[...]
Ortman to announce for U.S. Senate Saturday; GOP gov candidates will square off tonight
Update 12:30 pm Saturday: St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg’s momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement. In the eighth round of balloting, which began after an impromptu recess ended the first day of the endorsement contest, McFadden gained on Dahlberg and the two sat essenti[...]
Dayton touts property tax relief, takes another jobs trip; Moody’s upgrades MN outlook
Update 12:30 pm Saturday: St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg’s momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement. In the eighth round of balloting, which began after an impromptu recess ended the first day of the endorsement contest, McFadden gained on Dahlberg and the two sat essenti[...]
MnDOT 20-year plan draws criticism; DNR, Rogers reach temporary accord
Update 12:30 pm Saturday: St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dahlberg’s momentum from early Saturday morning is flagging in his fight with Minneapolis financier Mike McFadden for the Republican US Senate endorsement. In the eighth round of balloting, which began after an impromptu recess ended the first day of the endorsement contest, McFadden gained on Dahlberg and the two sat essenti[...]
Speaker Paul Thissen looks back on session past and ahead to ’14 session, election
Though House Democrats sacrificed some of their key priorities in the budget deal that concluded the 2013 session of the Minnesota Legislature, Speaker Paul Thissen pronounces himself well-satisfied with the achievements of the budgeting session gone by.
Tom Bakk: Remembrance of the session past
In the end, the DFL-controlled 2013 Legislature finished its budget work on time — with four minutes to spare, to be exact. It was 11:56 p.m. on adjournment day by the time the Minnesota Senate wrapped up its vote on the tax bill.
Sunday notes: Tax bill wraps up
Late Saturday night, House and Senate conferees adopted a tax bill containing $2 billion in new taxes and a handful of provisions added at the last minute.
End-of-session dealings: Bakk keeps up pressure for legislative pay raise
Pay increases for legislators are a top end-of-session priority for Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk – by many accounts, right up there with key Senate positions such as property tax relief coupled with aid equalization for rural school districts, or sales tax hikes that would pay for exempting city and county governments from paying the sales tax themselves.
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