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A coalition of several business groups start running ads lobbying against Mark Dayton's tax plan.
The activists reelect Sutton and Brodkorb and pick Anderson and Johnson.
Dayton floats car rental tax as possible stadium finance
A look at the day's political news.
Lawmakers honor boys of ’61
The Minnesota House of Representatives began its floor session today with a remembrance of the state’s Civil War history. This week marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Today marked the first Minnesota enlistments in the Union Army. Josias King is believed to be the first of more than 24,000 Minnesotans…