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3 hrs ago | WDIO

Minn. Capitol Renovation Gets Last-Day Rescue

Extensive work on the 107-year-old state Capitol is getting the go-ahead from Minnesota lawmakers in a late financial rescue package.

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11 hrs ago | Advocate

Minnesota Antibullying Bill Dies in Senate

In the final hours of this year's segment of its biennial legislative session, the Minnesota Senate failed to take up a comprehensive safe schools bill that advocates say would have protected students from harassment and bullying.

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12 hrs ago | U.U. World

Marriage equality gains momentum

UUA, UCC presidents rally for gay marriage in R.I. Morales, Black urge Rhode Islanders to lobby their state senators after marriage equality bill passes the House.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, Minnesota, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat

14 hrs ago | CBS Local

Downtown Mpls Church Celebrates Gay Marriage, LGBT Community

When gay marriage was signed into law in Minnesota Tuesday, it was met with cheers at the Capitol, but it was also met with some serious opposition centered around faith.

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18 hrs ago | China Daily

Visiting farm promoters talk turkey

On each visit, the executive director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association aims to get his favorite fowl on restaurant menus and residents' radar.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Agriculture, Science, World News, China, Asia Travel, Travel, China Travel, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

23 hrs ago | Star Tribune

Marriage and much more: How Minnesota's 2010 election mattered

Here is a surprising hypothesis: The 2012 referendum that rejected labeling marriage as being only between one man and one woman in the state Constitution was not the real referendum that propelled gay marriage toward being legalized in Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Wedding, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Minnesota, Democrat, US Governors, Tim Pawlenty, Opinion

23 hrs ago | TwinCities

Minnesota House passes tax bill that raises $2.1 billion in new revenue

The Minnesota House has passed a tax bill that could raise revenue $2.1 billion by boosting taxes on high-wage earners, smokers and corporations.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Tax

Yesterday | KSTP

Public Schools Get Big Boost in Minn. Education Bill

The spending bill increases spending for schools by a half-billion dollars from the last legislative budget two years ago.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Star Tribune

Minnesota House debates child care bill but delays final action

With an insider's eye, Hot Dish tracks the tastiest bits of Minnesota's political scene and keep you up-to-date on those elected to serve you.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota, US Governors

Star Tribune

Foes of Minnesota's same-sex marriage law don't see way to block it

Nearly a week after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, opponents are strategizing what can be done to challenge the law before Aug 1. Their answer so far seems unanimous: Not much.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Minnesota, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, University of Oregon, Gay/Lesbian

The Fresno Bee

EDITORIAL: Lesson in grassroots politics

In the nation's socially conservative heartland, Minnesota voters were the first to reject a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which had passed in 30 states.

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TwinCities

Minnesotans win $4 million in State Lottery

Although the winning $590 million Powerball jackpot belongs to someone in Florida, a few lucky Minnesotans didn't walk away empty handed.

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KAAL-TV Austin

Bill Upping Spending On Minn. Schools Almost Law

Minnesota schools are in line for a bunch of new money from the state. The Legislature was ready Saturday to sign off on a massive education finance bill that puts $485 million more into programs from early childhood through high school graduation.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Examiner.com

The 4 worst sources of pollution of lakes and streams

Three fourths of the surface of the earth is water, but only a small percentage of that is not salt water.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Home Gardening, Home

Star Tribune

Sturdevant: Tax reform in Minnesota? Some other year, perhaps

That's so even though the marriage issue consumed only about three days of official proceedings.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Minnesota, Democrat, Wedding, US Governors, Opinion

Pam's House Blend

Come Saturday Morning: The Conservative Crack-Up, 2013: Minnesota Marriage Equality Edition

Bradley Dean "Bradlee Dean" Smith's giving the the prayer for the May 2011 opening of the Minnesota Legislative session for that summer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota, Gay/Lesbian

The Daily Beast

How Minnesota Won Gay Marriage

A bid by Republican legislators to legalize discrimination in the state constitution ended up backfiring-by emboldening equality activists, writes state Rep.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, US Governors, St. Paul, MN

Sierra Club Compass

Big Victory: Minnesota's Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond Dirty Energy

Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state's sustainable energy future.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, US Politics, Alternative Energy, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Democrat, Energy, US Governors

Catholic World News

Minnesota legalizes same-sex marriage

Following votes of 75-39 in the state house and 37-30 in the state senate, Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota has signed legislation altering the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Minnesota, Democrat, US Governors, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Family, Kids

KARE 11 TV

Officers ID jogger who died in Minn. bluff fall

Police have released the name of a Missouri man who apparently fell to his death while jogging along a Mississippi River bluff in southeastern Minnesota.

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