Archives for August 2012

Steelworkers prepare to strike near Hibbing if contract deal not reached; Celebrity-like Michele Bachmann works convention crowd; WI Gov. Walker says Minnesota in play for 2012; State signals that Xcel can’t drop solar subsidies; Duluth seeks lake breeze sans smoke

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Minneapolis VA faulted for suicide policy lapses; High corn prices force ethanol plant shutdowns; Minn. Supreme Court denies challenge to photo ID

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Stay the course: Enbridge avoids fight in pipeline expansion; Is cooling the house heating up the planet?; Ron Paul supporters unsure of Romney-Ryan; MN delegate accuses Romney campaign of ‘power grab’; Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain fire up tea party faithful ahead of RNC; Coleman is back in a GOP seat of power

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Legislators take up flood aid in special session today; Marriage amendment campaigns square off at State Fair; Op-Ed: Don’t treat marriage like wilderness preservation; Negligent landlord leaves Somali mall without water; Romney highlights role of offshore tax havens in helping ensure big business is ‘doing fine’; Kurt Bills presses Republicans to back Romney, not Paul

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St. Cloud teachers reach deal with school district; West Nile virus cases on the rise in Minnesota; Minnesota delegates hold the line, back Ron Paul in Tampa; Willmar, Minn., mayor expresses support for voter ID measure; Economic boom in Rochester; Pawlenty gets prime time slot at RNC

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MSU Football Coach Hoffner faces criminal child pornography charges, internal MSU investigation; Minnesota hits 200 traffic deaths this year; Fairmont considers restrictions on chickens, other animals; Cellphone tower near BWCA will be allowed; 2 General Mills websites accused of collecting kids’ data; Study: Minn. prison terms lengthening, costs rising; Report warns of wasting infrastructure, more than 1/3rd MN sewer systems at breaking point

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