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Esme’s Blog: Republicans For Gay Marriage
As the debate on gay marriage continues at the Minnesota capitol, there are signs that Republican opposition to legalizing same sex unions is eroding.
MN Senate Talks Tubby Smith Firing, $263M Boost To MnSCU
The Minnesota Senate approved a major funding increase for the University of Minnesota and MnSCU systems on Wednesday.
Senate Approves Raise For State Employees
Thousands of state employees may soon get a raise. State Senators Thursday approved a new contract that includes a 2 percent pay hike.
Minn. GOP Senators Want Vote On ‘Right To Work’
A group of Republican state senators say they want the full Senate to vote on a constitutional amendment that would make union membership voluntary in Minnesota, despite signs the bill is stalled at the Capitol.
Minn. Lawmakers Learn Bipartisanship At Conference
Legislators are leaving the Capitol to learn lessons on working together.
Dayton, Senator To Vikes: Dome Site Or Nothing
Gov. Mark Dayton and a key state lawmaker say a new Minnesota Vikings stadium must be built at the current site of the Metrodome to secure any kind of state funding this year.
Senator: Vikings Should Talk Minneapolis Stadium
Minnesota Vikings executives should help Minneapolis leaders narrow three possible downtown football stadium sites in the city to one, despite the team’s desire to build at an entirely different site in a suburb north of St. Paul, an influential state senator said Tuesday.
Freed Hikers, Their Families Thank Senators
Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison thanked two U.S. senators for their help in pressing for their release.
Penalties Against Democratic Wis. Senators Undone
Wisconsin’s Democratic state senators will have votes they cast in committee counted and other penalties imposed against them will be rescinded after they returned to the state on Saturday.
14 AWOL Dems To Speak At Capitol Weekend Rally
All 14 Democratic state senators who fled the state to stall action on a controversial bill are slated to appear together at a Madison rally this weekend to thank demonstrators.
Wis. GOP Senators Receive Death Threat E-Mails
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating an e-mail threatening the lives of some Republican state senators.
Protesters Track Down Wis. Dems Hiding In Ill.
One of the 14 Wisconsin senators who’s hiding out in Illinois with his Democratic colleagues says protesters have discovered the hotel where a number of the lawmakers meet the media.
Religious Leaders Offer Sanctuary To Wis. Dems
Religious leaders in Illinois and Wisconsin are offering sanctuary to Wisconsin Democrats as they boycott a vote on a Republican bill that would strip public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.
Minn. Senators Praise Senate Aviation Bill Passage
Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are praising Senate passage of a broad aviation bill.
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