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Reporting on State Politics and Government

Political news from Minnesota and Washington.
The vote in the U.S. House Wednesday evening was close. Minnesota Rep. John Kline's bill makes some big changes to the law, including giving schools more authority to assess school performance.
Political news from Minnesota and Washington.
MN lawmakers want access to railroad emergency plans
DFL lawmakers and some local government officials are calling on Minnesota railroad officials to make public the emergency plans they recently submitted to the state for dealing with an oil train disaster.
GOP state Sen. Branden Petersen won’t seek re-election
Petersen's decision not to run again ends the career of a lawmaker who wasn’t afraid to buck his own party on controversial issues, including same-sex marriage.