Senate OKs later bar close for GOP convention; Pawlenty supportive

5/8 10:20:47 PM

ST. PAUL -- Beer taps, wine corkscrews and martini shakers should get an extra workout during the Republican National Convention thanks to state legislation that pushes bar closing time out by two hours....
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State GOP appearing hypocritical in criticism of Franken's finances

5/8 6:30:01 PM

MINNEAPOLIS -- Even as the state Republican Party calls DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken to task over problems with his personal finances, the party continues to try to clean up its own bookkeeping problems....
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Minnesota House rejects tougher seat belt law

5/9 12:33:13 AM

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota House has declined to take up a bill that would allow police to pull over and ticket unbelted motorists for no other reason....
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Lawmakers finish farm bill as White House repeats opposition

5/8 7:30:01 PM

WASHINGTON -- Married farmers with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million a year could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs....
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Windmill tax for schools still alive

5/8 7:25:01 AM

ST. PAUL -- Nearly two dozen school districts in southern Minnesota would have hundreds of thousands of dollars restored to their budgets next year under a tax provision passed in the state Senate on Wednesday. ...
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Housing aid bill faces veto from Bush

Delegation pleased with Farm Bill programs

Farm bill negotiators say they have agreement

FBI raid on watchdog seeks records on Rice investigation

Embryonic stem cell research bill clears Minnesota House, faces veto

Minnesota panel drops booster seat rule after Pawlenty objects

Walz joins demand that Iraq repay construction funds

Teen-driving limits at risk in dispute between Murphy, Pawlenty

65th Street interchange effort is dead, legislator says

Walz calls for Iraq to pay up

Minnesota voters could empower Legislature to call special sessions

Senators call for EPA to reconsider ethanol output mandate

Legislature sends bridge-compensation proposal to governor

Governor signs bovine TB law

Minnesota House passes bill altering property tax code

Bridge victim fund clears Legislature and heads to Pawlenty

No budget deal yet

Political notebook: Name recognition not one of Pawlenty's strengths

Negotiations intensify between Minnesota legislators, Pawlenty

Retired justice Sandra Day O'Connor argues against partisan judicial elections

Rep. McCarthy to lead GOP's platform committee

Minimum wage hike gets House OK, but Pawlenty has objections

Senator pushes 'fallback' plan for 35W bridge collapse victims

Minnesota lawmakers seek federal same-day registration law

McCain backs off government waste as cause of bridge collapse

Pawlenty calls for cap on property taxes