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The Health and Human Services Finance Committee grinds away today on the work to create a Minnesota health insurance exchange on an otherwise quiet Friday at the Capitol ahead of the Presidents Day weekend.
House Republicans have been wary of more ambitious proposals from Democrats.
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State lawmakers today hear testimony on children's mental health, rural broadband issues and the regulation of bullion coin dealers. Two special elections last night for Minnesota House seats left the DFL and Republican balance unchanged.
Under the bill, drivers caught on camera would get ticketed for running red lights or speeding