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 begin in northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota as the flooding rises.  President Obama, meanwhile, declares a 

The Pawlenty Administration wants state employees to take an unpaid leave.  

 a plan to lift the ban on building new nuclear plants.

 on Green Acres and federal tax conformity legislation.

Gov, Pawlenty and DFL legislative leaders make little progress on the budget.  

The Legislative Auditor says the state needs to improve its monitoring of federal money.  

City and county workers urge small or no cuts to local governments.  

 over newborn screening continues to brew at the State Capitol.

President Obama is set to detail a new Afghanistan and Pakistan 

 says the missing Somali men may have returned to Minnesota.

Gary Stern, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, says he expects the economy to 

 the state's dairy farmers.  DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and DFL Rep. Collin Peterson are mentioned.

 the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission into the SEC appear dead. Peterson is mentioned.

A bill proposed by GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann would 

 about increasing accountability and oversight.

 of the nation's top Muslim Americans.  The list, which was compiled DFL Rep. Keith Ellison and others, aims to convince the White House to hire some Muslim Americans.

 reports that a former executive of a Texas based company said in a deposition that a contributor to Republican Norm Coleman ordered $100k payments to a Minneapolis agency that employs Coleman's wife.

 examines the length of time it's taking to sit a Senator.  Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell says it's a shame Minnesota don't have full representation but says the appeals will take a long time.  For the record, members of his caucus celebrate that Democrat Al Franken hasn't been seated yet.

 points out that Gov. Pawlenty supported retroactive term limits during his time in the State Legislature.

 Worthington to tout Minnesota 2020's report on LGA funding.

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The evacuations begin in northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota as the flooding rises. President Obama, meanwhile, declares a state of an emergency for the region. Under the Dome The Pawlenty Administration wants state employees to take an unpaid leave. MPR, the Pi Press and the Star Tribune have stories. A House panel votes against a…

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