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The House and Senate Rules committees are expected to take up the Voter ID bill this week.

 says a court fight is inevitable for Voter ID.

GOP Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem says the 

 for the so-called Right-to-Work amendment.

 says the GOP focus on constitutional amendments could backfire if too many are on the ballot.

Gov. Dayton has separate meetings scheduled today with GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers, GOP Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem and Minneapolis City Council members to discuss the stadium.

Dayton will try to pump some air into a stadium bill that has been deflated.  The bill did not meet Friday's committee deadline and there are 

 as to whether the bill can rise from the grave.

: GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers refused to say on Friday whether he'd try to move the bill out of committee. In fact, he said he hasn't even read the entire bill.  GOP Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem said the bill would have to be approved by the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee before he acts on it.

Zellers said the committee deadline is the 

 says the path to ending the legislative session is fuzzy.

DFL Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk says the Brodkorb scandal is 

 says lawmakers are treading softly around a possible lawsuit.

 says URS, which was under fire for the company's inspection of the I-35W bridge, is up for a light rail contract.

 criticizing the spine of the Republican Party in the Legislature.

 says students are trying to strip the misdemeanor immunity law from lawmakers.

 has a look at the battle over welfare benefits.  One person's reform is another's person's cruelty.

 on the best approach towards Iran.  DFL Rep. Keith Ellison is mentioned.

outlined options on birth control coverage

GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann presses Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to 

 over the weekend.  He is a part of a congressional delegation to those countries.

Republicans believe DFL Rep. Tim Walz is vulnerable.  

 has a look at the GOP candidates who are vying to defeat him.

: GOP state Sen. Mike Parry refuses to say whether he'll abide by the party's endorsement.  Allen Quist says he will abide by the party's endorsement.

 says GOP Rep. Chip Cravaack is vulnerable but doesn't crack the Top 10 most vulnerable incumbents.

 says the GOP candidates are preparing for a floor fight in the convention.

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the prolonged primary fight is 

 says several federal contractors have given to Romney's super Pac - despite a 36-year-old ban on such contributions.

President Obama's high-dollar donations are 

 St. Patrick's Day with a Guinness at a pub in Washington D.C.

Former Star Tribune publisher John Cowles has 

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