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Vote expected this week on revamped bonding bill

DFL legislative leaders say they expect to vote this week on a revamped bonding bill.
by Tim Pugmire

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Minn. lawmaker: No more violent hotel porn

One Minnesota lawmaker wants state employees to stay out of hotels with violent porn while traveling for work.

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Minn. House ready to vote on absentee ballot bill

Problems exposed during Minnesota's drawn-out Senate race in 2008 are the motivation behind an elections bill drawing closer to a state House vote.

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GAMC deal shifts costs to hospitals, health providers

GAMC deal shifts costs to hospitals, health providers

GAMC provides health insurance for more than 30,000 of the state's poorest residents. The program was scheduled to end on March 31, after Pawlenty cut its funding last year to balance the state budget. The new plan will extend GAMC for three months.
by Tom Scheck and Madeleine Baran

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WCCO's Don Shelby remembers his colleague Darcy Pohland

WCCO's Don Shelby remembers his colleague Darcy Pohland

Darcy Pohland, a veteran reporter for WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities, was one of the few quadriplegic TV reporters in the country. A station spokesperson says Pohland's caregiver found her this morning in her Minneapolis home. She was 48.

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Funeral set for slain Minneapolis teen

Funeral set for slain Minneapolis teen

The funeral for a Minneapolis teenager Alisha Neeley will be held Saturday at a north Minneapolis church.
by Brandt Williams

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Minneapolis lifts winter parking restrictions

Thanks to warmer temperatures, Minneapolis residents will no longer be forced to drive around and around looking for parking in the city's busiest neighborhoods.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Firefighters oppose Pawlenty's training fund cut

Minnesota's fire chiefs and leaders of firefighter unions from around the state are teamed up in opposition to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal to cut $10 million from a fund for training firefighters.

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