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Nov 2009
- Friday, November 20, 2009
  - Kline demands hearing on stimulus job report errors | Derek Wallbank
  - Another union endorses Kelliher | Joe Kimball
  - Collin Peterson: Health-care legislation moving in right direction | Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes
  - Final ranked-choice ballot counting is wrapping up in Minneapolis | Joe Kimball
  - Tony Blair loses EU presidency bid, Belgium’s Van Rompuy wins job | Dan Murphy
  - Five questions that could decide fate of health-care reform bill | Peter Grier
  - Medical device industry pleased with tax cut in health bill | Derek Wallbank
  - Honduras interim leader may step down | Mike Faulk and Sara Miller Llana
  - Names of health-reform bills stress affordability but costs still unaffordable for some families | Casey Selix
  - Katherine Kersten on conservatism and religion | Michael J. Bonafield
- Thursday, November 19, 2009
  - Kelliher gets another union endorsement in governor's race | Joe Kimball
  - New unemployment numbers are out, but they can be misleading | Sharon Schmickle
  - Three Minnesotans elected to National League of Cities board | Joe Kimball
  - 10 legislators home from Israel trip, say they learned a lot | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota's House Republicans try again to end Wall Street bailout | Derek Wallbank
  - Quist makes it official: He's running for Congress in the 1st District | Joe Kimball
  - Obama in Korea: Warmer welcome than in China, Japan? | Donald Kirk
  - Robert Byrd, longest-serving Congress member, a master historian | Gail Russell Chaddock
  - Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? | Mark Trumbull
  - Palin urges Israel settlement expansion, attacks Obama | Dan Murphy
  - Katherine Kersten on liberals, same-sex marriage and life at the Star Tribune | Michael J. Bonafield
  - Remembering the Shubert's Buzz Bainbridge | Iric Nathanson
- Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  - Vikings cut ties to Stadium Commission: No more 'political games,' Wilfs say | Jay Weiner
  - Klobuchar, Franken praise Senate health care bill | Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes
  - Update: Cost figures for Senate health care bill released | Derek Wallbank
  - Robert Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress | Gail Russell Chaddock
  - Franken, Klobuchar respond to Holder comments on 9/11 case | Derek Wallbank
  - Health care vote in Senate could be delayed | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Franken hails change to food safety bill | Derek Wallbank
  - Health care reform tour in northwestern Minnesota postponed | Joe Kimball
  - Holder testifies before Judiciary panel | Derek Wallbank
  - Story of the Day: 11/18/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Minnesota-Wisconsin tax reciprocity talks may resume | Joe Kimball
  - Blog of the Day: 11/18/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Senate health-care reform bill: What’s taking so long? | Gail Russell Chaddock
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009
  - Minnesota leads nation in speeding stimulus spending on water quality | Derek Wallbank
  - Committee shoots down Paulsen effort to end Wall Street bailout | Derek Wallbank
  - Rep. Peterson raps plan to strengthen Federal Reserve’s power | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Klobuchar unhappy with political 'forecast': delays for health care bill | Derek Wallbank
  - Rybak's personnel shuffle: Chief of staff to run gubernatorial campaign; communications chief promoted | Joe Kimball
  - A 'Daily Show' gotcha: Fox News called out on video it misused in report on Bachmann rally | Ken Ronnan
  - Kline urges Congress to 'tread carefully' before mandating H1N1 sick leave pay | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Bachmann and Kline join GOP colleagues in legal brief defending 'God' references in national motto | Derek Wallbank
  - Group seeking investigation of Michele Bachmann over health-care-reform event | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Group reports finding wacky numbers on federal stimulus site | Joe Kimball
  - Kline attacks Democrats’ health plan in op-ed article | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Rep. Wagenius questions Minnesota's pollution control approach | Joe Kimball
  - Sarah Palin on Oprah Winfrey Show: Five best outtakes | Peter Grier
  - Illinois leaders split on taking Guantánamo detainees at state prison | Amanda Paulson
  - Difficult bottom line for some pro-choice advocates: Accept ban language or scuttle health care reform? | Doug Grow
  - Ventura to host 'Monday Night Raw' wrestling event | Derek Wallbank
- Monday, November 16, 2009
  - Democratic ads target Rep. Paulsen, 31 other Republicans over health care | Derek Wallbank
  - Investigation of off-target Northwest flight could take till end of year | Derek Wallbank
  - Group says strong energy bill would create 18,000 Minnesota jobs | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota House's partisan committee vote on unallotment a prelude to the political fights to come | Doug Grow
  - Judge in unallotment hearing notes need to 'tread lightly' | Eric Black
  - Story of the Day: 11/16/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Blog of the Day: 11/16/09 | MinnPost staff
  - House Rules Committee supports amicus brief in unallotment case | Joe Kimball
  - Hennepin County seeks volunteers for advisory boards | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty speaks at $2,000-per-plate luncheon | Derek Wallbank
  - U.N. food summit: 20 best ways to feed the hungry | Howard LaFranchi
  - Court hears 'unallotment' case: How much power does the governor have? | Eric Black
- Friday, November 13, 2009
  - Klobuchar introduces job-training bill for vets | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Indoor Farmers' Market in St. Paul back on track | Joe Kimball
  - Unallotment suit against Pawlenty: Some interesting -- and awkward -- developments | Eric Black
  - Kelliher wants a 'Purple Ribbon Panel' to review talk of new Vikings stadium | Joe Kimball
  - Obama meets Japan's Hatoyama, stressing equal partnership | Takehiko Kambayashi
  - Japan aid pledge for Afghanistan -- return to checkbook diplomacy? | Takehiko Kambayashi
  - Vance Opperman wants national convention again in '12 | Joe Kimball
  - NY-23: Could conservative Doug Hoffman still win? | Linda Feldmann
  - Lou Dobbs resignation: What next for controversial CNN anchor? | Linda Feldmann
  - Pass or fail? Minnesota experts handicap health care bill in Senate | Cynthia Dizikes
- Thursday, November 12, 2009
  - Kelliher gets big labor endorsement, further splitting union support among DFL candidates for governor | Doug Grow
  - Washington Post evaluates Pawlenty's political prospects | Joe Kimball
  - Puzzled about the public insurance option? Read this brief | Casey Selix
  - Flap over Jeff Larson's Republican fund-raising firm raised in Politics in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Obama's two-part message on his week-long trip to Asia | Howard LaFranchi
  - With money hard to raise, Jungbauer leaves gov's race | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota's legal system updates its disaster preparedness | Matt Ehling
- Wednesday, November 11, 2009
  - The conflicts column | David Brauer
  - Sen. Conrad sees 'outline of a compromise' for health-care reform | Chuck Haga
  - POLITICO: Bachmann may have misused House webpage | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Remembering the other World War: A moving visit to our nation's only museum dedicated exclusively to WWI | Catherine Watson
  - Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart calls on China, America to build a global warming accord | Alex Pearlman
- Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  - McCollum, Franken, Klobuchar honor St. Paul soldier killed at Fort Hood | Derek Wallbank
  - McCollum opposes amendment adding abortion restrictions to health reform bill | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Tarryl Clark announces campaign team in congressional race challenging Michele Bachmann | Joe Kimball
  - Health care moves to Senate: Klobuchar, Franken want changes in House bill | Cynthia Dizikes
  - 'Instant' voting system could have more results Wednesday, eight days after election | Joe Kimball
  - Blog of the Day: 11/10/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature | Eric Black
  - Dave Griggs to head Bakk gubernatorial campaign | Joe Kimball
  - Three trout streams restored thanks to Outdoor Heritage Fund | Joe Kimball
- Monday, November 9, 2009
  - Brian Sullivan will not run for Guv | Eric Black
  - Complaint about St. Paul IRV vote moves forward in courts | Joe Kimball
  - Key deal in House's health care vote centered on abortion | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Report finds some legislators doubling their pay with per diem payments | Joe Kimball
  - Did Sarkozy's son use palace pull to get music grant? | Robert Marquand
  - Joseph Cao: the lone Republican who voted for health-care bill | Gail Russell Chaddock
  - Story of the Day: 11/09/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Minnesota's legislative disclosure rules: Why are they so weak? | Joey Peters
- Saturday, November 7, 2009
  - House approves health care bill: How Minnesota delegation voted | Cynthia Dizikes
- Friday, November 6, 2009
  - Walz backs health care bill in the House | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Kline attacks Democrats on economy | Cynthia Dizikes
  - House votes on credit-card consumer protections | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Franken offers bill on untested rape kits | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Update: Pawlenty staff set to testify on governor's proposed constitutional amendment | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota House delegation votes to extend jobless benefits | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Hoyer: 'Delaying tactics' could stall vote on health reform | Casey Selix
  - One of Oberstar's worries about health care bill: provision that could hurt state's paper industry | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Republican National Convention hosts about to deliver hefty thank-you gift to Minnesotans | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Franken introduces diabetes prevention bill | Joe Kimball
  - Looking back 20 years: Who deserves credit for ending the Cold War? | Nick Hayes
  - Agreement on climate change looks unlikely ahead of Copenhagen | David Francis
  - It's time for tongue twisters and political bloopers (including Michele Bachmann's doozy) | Don Effenberger
  - Texting while driving: the new drunk driving | Stephanie Hanes
  - David Brooks, the comedian | Eric Black
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
  - Rybak files paperwork for Minnesota governor's race | Doug Grow
  - Gov. Pawlenty to speak at Big Buck luncheon Friday | Joe Kimball
  - Skip Humphrey, AARP volunteers endorse reform bill | Casey Selix
  - Walz gets post on House railroad subcommittee | Joe Kimball
  - Same subject, but vastly different styles today as Pawlenty, Bakk address the state's economic future | Doug Grow
  - Bachmann leads Capitol rally against health care bill | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Germany's health system brings 'a-ha moments' | Casey Selix
  - Who'd have guessed? Property tax rates up in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Schools sprinting to win Obama's Race to the Top billions | Amanda Paulson
  - All DFL guv candidates back gay marriage: A wedge issue in the making? | Eric Black
  - Ever optimistic, even after Tuesday's loss, Dick Franson already is planning his 25th campaign | Doug Grow
  - Senate's holiday gift to workers: extended unemployment benefits | Gail Russell Chaddock
  - Murder of amateur soccer team heightens tensions between Colombia and Venezuela | Charlie Devereux
  - One more failed attempt to promote charter change in Minneapolis | Iric Nathanson
  - Ventura, Stein and Carville talk governors' elections on 'Larry King Live' | Ken Ronnan
  - Can U.S. and Cuba work together to protect shared marine ecosystem? | Nick Miroff
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009
  - Senate votes to extend unemployment benefits | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Bachmann aide leaving job | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Most of Minnesota's stimulus jobs in education, but school officials still worried | Cynthia Boyd
  - Allen Quist thinking about run for Congress in 1st District | Joe Kimball
  - Geothermal grants heat up in Minnesota | Mark Neuzil
  - Fresh from Tuesday's narrow victory, St. Paul's IRV faces court challenge over disputed endorsements | Joe Kimball
  - Pew survey finds decline in public's belief that global warming is real | Sharon Schmickle
  - Kline issues statement opposing House health-care bill | Cynthia Dizikes
  - In Indonesia, police go toe-to-toe with anticorruption agency | Simon Montlake
  - Franken's second floor speech is on health care | Cynthia Dizikes
  - With Minneapolis IRV debut, Rybak easily triumphs, but system complicates council races like Samuels' | Doug Grow
  - Abortion issue could unravel House health-care reform bill | Linda Feldmann
  - Election results hearten Republicans, deal blow to Obama | Linda Feldmann
  - Star Tribune, Pioneer Press political endorsement scorecard | David Brauer
  - Story of the Day: 11/04/09 | MinnPost staff
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
  - Politifact: Bachmann now 0-for-7 on truth-telling | David Brauer
  - Who the heck is behind Minnesota's newest politics site? | David Brauer
  - NFL asks Congress to prevent state court challenges like Vikings' case | Cynthia Dizikes
  - One-stop lists: Minnesota journalists on Twitter | David Brauer
  - State Sen. Dick Cohen named to president's arts committee | Joe Kimball
  - Ten Minnesota legislators paying their own way to Israel | Joe Kimball
  - Two handy summaries of health-care reform bills | Casey Selix
  - Democrats fear triple blow on Election Day | Linda Feldmann
  - Story of the Day: 11/03/09 | MinnPost staff
- Monday, November 2, 2009
  - 3rd District residents can plow through paper version of 1,990-page health bill | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Kicking off campaign for governor, Republican Pat Anderson talks taxes: cut income, expand sales | Joe Kimball
  - Ten Minnesota legislators traveling to Israel this week | Joe Kimball
  - North Korea warns U.S.: Negotiate or else | Donald Kirk
  - Blog of the Day: 11/02/09 | MinnPost staff
  - Lou Dobbs takes flak from many directions -- and fires back | Brad Knickerbocker
  - California may pull the plug on power-guzzling flat-screen TVs | Michael B. Farrell
  - One year after his election, what has Obama achieved? | Linda Feldmann
  - Maine’s vote on gay marriage draws national attention | Brad Knickerbocker
  - Pat Anderson starts gubernatorial campaign with 4-day tour | Joe Kimball
  - Attorney David Lillehaug backs unallotment lawsuit, urges Legislature to challenge Pawlenty's actions, too | Joe Kimball