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Minn. Senate takes turn at nurse staffing dilemma

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With a compromise emerging in the Minnesota House, the state Senate is beginning to look at nursing regulations covering hospitals. A Senate health committee planned...

news / region Mon, Mar 18, 2013 - 5:34am

GOP budget takes aim again at Obamacare, Medicaid

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college...

news Tue, Mar 12, 2013 - 1:32pm

For 10 years, Dennis Zeto has been the chairman of the Eckles Township Board of Supervisors. He said he initially ran because of road conditions, which, he said, have, been markedly improved as the township has grown, bringing in more residents and, subsequently, more funds. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

'An adventure every day': It's township day across Minnesota

BEMIDJI – It’s a thankless job not many are interested in. “The last time around, I didn’t even file and I got elected,” said Dennis Zeto. Zeto, 10-year chairman of...

news / local Mon, Mar 11, 2013 - 10:19pm

Senator uses old-style filibuster on CIA nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator and tea party favorite from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to take control of the chamber and block Senate confirmation...

news Thu, Mar 07, 2013 - 10:27am

Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved stiff federal penalties for illegally trafficking guns. It's the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at...

news Thu, Mar 07, 2013 - 10:26am

Minnesota lawmakers unveil more modest gun plan

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A clear majority of the Minnesota House is backing a new plan to modestly revise the state's gun laws. Rep. Debra Hilstrom, a Brooklyn Center...

news / region Wed, Mar 06, 2013 - 1:04pm

In this 2006 photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez , right, speak with Cuba's Fidel Castro during their visit to the home of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Cordoba, Argentina. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that Chavez has died. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)

Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died...

news Tue, Mar 05, 2013 - 4:35pm

Rep. Ben Lien of Moorhead follows Monday's debate on establishing a state health insurance marketplace. Don Davis | Forum News Service

Minnesota health insurance marketplace moves ahead

ST. PAUL - Minnesotans either will get a better deal on health insurance or they will face problems if the Legislature and governor agree on a new way for 1.3...

news / region Mon, Mar 04, 2013 - 9:22pm

Minn. budget chief faces backlash on Vikings bill

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's budget chief says he will likely wait until summer before deciding whether to activate so-called blink-on revenue options for the new Vikings football stadium...

news / region Mon, Mar 04, 2013 - 11:38am

Poll finds support for some Dayton tax proposals

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new poll says a narrow majority of Minnesotans favors Gov. Mark Dayton's proposal to raise taxes on the state's top earners. The poll also finds support...

news / region Sun, Mar 03, 2013 - 4:43pm

Minn. gun owners to back law changes

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In a turnabout, Minnesota gun rights advocates are lining up modest revisions to the state's gun laws as a way to fend off more serious...

news / region Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 2:35pm

MN House panel forwards school anti-bullying bill

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill at the Capitol to strengthen state laws against bullying in schools has passed its first committee hurdle. The House Education Policy Committee approved...

news / education Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 10:06am

Obama to urge court to overturn gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday will ask the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage and take a skeptical view of similar bans elsewhere, according...

news Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 4:59pm

Cuts imminent, Senate rejects stopgap efforts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions Thursday as President Barack Obama and Republicans blamed...

news Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 4:56pm

State's projected deficit at $627 million, less than earlier forecast

ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s projected budget deficit for the next two years is lower than expected at $627 million, the Minnesota Management and Budget reported this morning. Legislators and Gov...

news / region Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 9:44am

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