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May 2009
- Friday, May 29, 2009
  - Obama's Lake Wobegon approval ratings | By Eric Black
  - Stillwater middle-school laptops rebooted for next year | Joe Kimball
  - More school administrators agree to pay freeze to help with budget woes | Joe Kimball
  - Red Wing's black community works to end achievement gap | Joe Kimball
  - Franken supporters using corny message to put pressure on Pawlenty to certify election | Joe Kimball
  - Chronic heartburn: Promising treatment for serious complication | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Daily Glean: As Latinos leave Minnesota, what's the impact? | David Brauer
  - House Speaker Kelliher sounds like she’s ready to announce run for governor | Doug Grow
- Thursday, May 28, 2009
  - North Shore fundraiser planned for Honking Tree landmark, cut down by vandals | Joe Kimball
  - Stillwater middle school laptop program may be cut | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Pro-pot forces ready med-marijuana amendment | David Brauer
  - Sen. Klobuchar talks tourism in Duluth and Brainerd | Joe Kimball
  - DFL legislators not rushing to provide budget cut ideas | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, May 27, 2009
  - The end of American exceptionalism | Eric Black
  - Minnesota Bar Association president says Republicans shouldn't block Sotomayor confirmation -- and he's a Republican | Joe Kimball
  - Governor's residence on Summit Av. open for summer tours | Joe Kimball
  - I'm back and playing catchup on Sotomayor nomination | Eric Black
  - Family is helped by new program aiding first-time home buyers | Joe Kimball
  - Bullying-bill veto surprised supporters | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: What's killing local home prices? | David Brauer
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
  - Twins' Mauer and Morneau truly American League's dynamic duo so far | Aaron Gleeman
  - Worthington paper calls session 'ugly and forgettable' | Joe Kimball
  - State celebration for Vietnam-era veterans is June 13 | Joe Kimball
  - American Indian language programs get legislative boost | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty scorecard: 179 bills handled; 22 vetoes and 8 line-item vetoes | Joe Kimball
  - News reports: Sonia Sotomayor is Obama's pick for U.S. Supreme Court | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: L.A. law: How three attorneys fueled Hauser sojourn | David Brauer
- Monday, May 25, 2009
  - Remembering the lost -- and a father's concern for his sons | David Hawley
- Saturday, May 23, 2009
  - Pawlenty uses line-item veto sparingly on finance bill for cultural and outdoor resources | Casey Selix
- Friday, May 22, 2009
  - Two different paths, one single goal: New T’wolves, Wild leaders aim for winners | Pat Borzi
  - No euphemisms for enhanced interrogationist Dick Cheney | Eric Black
  - Pawlenty vetoes ‘retooled’ bill for handling recycled paint | Mark Neuzil
  - Daily Glean: Gang-banging cops go on a shredding spree | David Brauer
  - At interfaith gathering, director gives update on Obama faith/neighborhood initiatives | Scott Russell
  - Voting advocate honored by Secretary of State Ritchie | Joe Kimball
  - Ramsey County commissioner finally wins on wage freeze | Joe Kimball
  - Light rail work has begun in St. Paul | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, May 21, 2009
  - St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman on 'Save LGA' road tour | Joe Kimball
  - Twins call up Swarzak, lose Breslow on waivers | Aaron Gleeman
  - Daily Glean: Hausers head south of the border (maybe) | Brian Lambert
  - St. Paul School Board Member Conlon resigns; will move to N. Carolina to run an inn | Joe Kimball
  - Another listing of what the Legislature did and didn't do | Joe Kimball
  - Owatonna paper lauds seat-belt bill; says at least 'something worthwhile' came out of the legislative session | Joe Kimball
  - Why are Twins games taking longer? | Pat Borzi
  - Beloved Duluth priest dies at 81; Monsignor Patrick McDowell advocated for the poor | Joe Kimball
  - Shuttle bus should ease some parking woes at Como Park | Joe Kimball
  - Update on what Coleman owes Franken | Eric Black
- Wednesday, May 20, 2009
  - Palin's campaign clothes were legally purchased, FEC says | Joe Kimball
  - After devastating fire, St. Charles doesn't get as much funding from the Legislature as it had hoped | Joe Kimball
  - Some business leaders happy with legislative muddle | Joe Kimball
  - Franken to Coleman: You owe me $161,510.63 | Eric Black and Joe Kimball
  - Hospitals face tough times, and that's before unallotment | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: It's finger-pointin' time again at the Capitol. And where's Daniel Hauser? | Brian Lambert
  - Transcript of Bachmann vs. Frank debate on ACORN | Joe Kimball
  - Ideas for unallotment? Governor wants to hear, via e-mail | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
  - Pawlenty press conference for the press only. And his staff. | Joe Kimball
  - GOP has lost ground in 25 of 26 demographic categories | Eric Black
  - Labor's top priority, the card check bill, going down | Eric Black
  - Hospitals face big cuts after governor kills $381 million medical program for low-income adults | Joe Kimball
  - Update: Protest planned to urge light rail jobs for the disabled; Met Council to help find training, apprenticeships | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: 12th-hour deadlock in St. Paul. 'Unallot' away, Governor. | Brian Lambert
  - Seat-belt bill goes to governor; Rochester rep gets credit | Joe Kimball
  - Legacy Amendment funding passes Legislature | MinnPost staff
  - And now for the spin: DFL leaders tour the state while Gov. Pawlenty stays home to make his case | Joe Kimball
  - Listening to Bing Crosby while watching the hookers and homeless | Jim Walsh
  - Mystery of Dem-Repub Coleman-Franken positions explained | Eric Black
- Monday, May 18, 2009
  - Should Twin Cities be one? It's been considered | Joe Kimball
  - Twins Notes: Good play, bad batting order, ugly bullpen | Aaron Gleeman
  - Daily Glean: Thanks to GOP, poor will soon say 'Thanks an unallot.' | David Brauer
  - Health care debate filled with emotion | Joe Kimball
  - Obama: 'Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words.' | Eric Black
  - Coleman's reply brief as seen by Rick Hasen | Eric Black
  - Minute by minute legislative action recounted via Twitter | Joe Kimball
- Friday, May 15, 2009
  - Team Coleman tells court how to deal with ballot disparities | Eric Black
  - Anger flares at state budget meeting | Doug Grow
  - Bulletin: Coleman's reply brief is filed | Eric Black
  - House GOPers: Governor's not bluffing | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - State flags at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day | Joe Kimball
  - Legislature considers whether hunting and fishing license data should be private or public | Joe Kimball
  - WWAD: What would Arne do? Raise taxes, cut spending | Joe Kimball
  - Franken, Coleman: Looking ahead to today's last brief | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Governor's $3 billion cut catches DFL flat-footed | David Brauer
  - Falling into 'Vertigo' (again) | Rob Nelson
  - Range legislators call unallotment plan disastrous | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, May 14, 2009
  - Blunt Pawlenty message: 'No special session, no government shutdown' | Doug Grow
  - Mayor Rybak's Nixon moment: 10 days in China | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - North Dakota board action may doom UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname | Chuck Haga
  - Col. Lawrence Wilkerson v. Dick Cheney | Eric Black
  - Repubs trying to "rebrand" Dems as socialists | Eric Black
  - Serve America Act changes should help attract older volunteers | Scott Russell
  - Protest over health care cuts planned at governor's office | Joe Kimball
  - Legislature considering regulation of tattoo shops | Joe Kimball
  - MPR report: State employment grew despite hiring freeze | Joe Kimball
  - Senate votes to allow firearms in national parks | Mark Neuzil
  - Daily Glean: The feds ask, 'Does Norm looks good in that suit?' | David Brauer
  - Harry Reid counting on Franken | Eric Black
  - 'Caroline, or Change': a transcendent (and operatic) experience | David Hawley
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009
  - Huff Post: FBI investigating Coleman-Kazeminy allegations | MinnPost staff
  - The Lower Case: Boeing airliner orders nosedive | Eric Black
  - Update: Another indication of potential special session: 'Lights-on' bill passes Senate and House | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Aside from federal dollars, state senator seeks some home-grown stimulus | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - State senator seeks some home-grown stimulus | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - A conversation with Ken Starr about the Lewinski case and current legal disputes | Sharon Schmickle
  - Security issues identified at State Capitol complex | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: St. Paul under poop attack! | Brian Lambert
  - Steger aims climate-change message at N. Dakota audiences (and officials) | Chuck Haga
  - Killing mosquitoes is quality-of-life issue in Albert Lea | Joe Kimball
  - Harsh words fly as Duluth City Council members squabble | Joe Kimball
  - Legislators consider worst-case scenarios for human-services cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota environment gets some stimulus | Mark Neuzil
  - Crossing the partisan divide: Minnesota budgets and politics in the 1980s | Iric Nathanson
- Tuesday, May 12, 2009
  - No progress on Capitol stalemate, but one sign today of how times change | Doug Grow
  - Rochester area legislators like rail corridor plan that skirts downtown | Joe Kimball
  - Dialing back on one point | Eric Black
  - Specter proposed a rule change to bar party-switching | Eric Black
  - Franken treats Coleman's arguments with "stifled yawn." | Eric Black
  - Officials support rail corridor that skirts downtown Rochester | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth to offer domestic partner certificates | Joe Kimball
  - Billboard will urge Gov. Pawlenty to certify Franken | Joe Kimball
  - Postville after the raid: We are 'holding our collective breath' | Steve Date
  - The Daily Glean: Saberi speaks, and not so high-speed rail | Brian Lambert
  - Rybak comments: He's interested in guv job but not a D.C. appointment | Joe Kimball
  - Seeking a key to the 'Phantom' phenomenon | Casey Selix
- Monday, May 11, 2009
  - Update: Franken brief rips merits, quality of Coleman case | Eric Black
  - Bulletin: Franken's reply brief just released | Eric Black
  - House ready to pass Health and Human Services bill | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Twins pick worst option: benching Carlos Gomez in favor of Delmon Young | Aaron Gleeman
  - Postville: One year after the raid | Steve Date
  - Minnesota's House members are closest to the people, or at least think they are | Joe Kimball
  - Another dire warning: St. Cloud medical center could close because of state budget cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty vetoes bill requiring store warning that cocoa bean mulch can kill dogs | Joe Kimball
  - Rally at noon today will urge legislators to raise taxes to help solve the budget deficit | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: After fishing opener, a battle of political leeches | David Brauer
  - Franken and Coleman and Bush and Gore: Equal protection, Part the fifth | Eric Black
- Friday, May 8, 2009
  - State cuts to care assistants will mean higher costs later | Joe Kimball
  - Everyone's still looking to Speaker Kelliher to save the legislative session | Doug Grow
  - U of St. Thomas names building for Archbishop Flynn | Joe Kimball
  - Rochester meetings quietly plot high-speed rail route | Joe Kimball
  - Money from Washington will help renovate Silver Lake Vets Home | Joe Kimball
  - Forget all those carefully crafted tax bills – conference committee has a new plan | Doug Grow
  - It's White Bear Lake Day today for Gov. Pawlenty | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: TPaw takes on hockey; Dems tack on tax hikes | David Brauer
  - Some who zipped to Zap will gather again | Chuck Haga
- Thursday, May 7, 2009
  - Schmidt brew house among Minnesota's '10 most endangered historic places' | David Hawley
  - House speaker concedes blown committee deadlines likely | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - It was fun (briefly) while it lasted, but Twins dump struggling Casilla | Aaron Gleeman
  - What's in a name? 'Swine flu' sparks weird reactions | Mark Neuzil
  - Challenge of northern Minnesota oil pipelines continues | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Mpls Schools plan DOA, and we're near tops in airfare | Brian Lambert
  - Gov. Pawlenty prays at Capitol today. For fish? | Joe Kimball
  - Hearing today on Lafayette Bridge replacement | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, May 6, 2009
  - Brilliant Franken/Coleman analyst tells all | Eric Black
  - Is America Undertaxed? (A question for Rep. Michele Bachmann) | Eric Black
  - Michele Bachmann gets 2 challengers: Tinklenberg again and Dr. Maureen Reed | Joe Kimball
  - Increased use of legislative commission aims at Capitol 'transparency and openness' | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Rep. Tim Kelly of Red Wing walks fine line on gay issues | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota unions rank high in job targeting, study says | Joe Kimball
  - Who loves road construction, detours and restricted lanes? Find out here | Joe Kimball
  - Green energy laboratory approved for Minnesota State U | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Tom Petters' amazing, shrinking financial empire | Brian Lambert
  - Specter takes a mulligan on Coleman/Franken | Eric Black
  - New commissioner of administration: Sheila Reger | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
  - State union’s got a plan to help fix Minnesota’s budget deficit, too | Doug Grow
  - Michele Bachmann on why she opposes cap and trade | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman/Franken and "Equal Protection," part the fourth | Eric Black
  - The session according to Rep. Marty Seifert | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Bill would strip former legislators' names from laws. The problem? They're still alive. | Joe Kimball
  - Despite complications, Twins outfielder surplus isn't too much of a good thing | Pat Borzi
  - Senate staffer has offered nonpartisan advice for 30 years | Joe Kimball
  - Red River flood protection on the agenda today in D.C. | Joe Kimball
  - Tough words from House speaker don't presage a swift, happy ending to the session | Joe Kimball
  - Major early childhood experiment hits money woes, still aims high | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: The gangs are coming! The gangs are coming! | David Brauer
- Monday, May 4, 2009
  - Portrait of three Minnesota gubernatorial candidates as lawmakers | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Down on the farm: Checking in on the Twins' crop of promising prospects | Aaron Gleeman
  - Surprise? Counties raise property taxes to make up for lost state aid | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Hamthrax closes Minneapolis, Orono schools | David Brauer
  - Effort urges Minnesota to protect children's health care | Joe Kimball
  - Legislators want state to keep money from speeding tickets | Joe Kimball
- Friday, May 1, 2009
  - Minnesota counties not seeing legislative reforms they'd envisioned | Joe Kimball
  - Former Speaker Irv Anderson honored in House session | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Gay marriage poll heartens both sides | David Brauer
  - Chamber of Commerce unhappy with nuclear power vote | Joe Kimball
  - Memo to Minnesota: Keep the faith | Scott Russell
  - Hola. Gov. Pawlenty has former Mexican Presidente Fox as radio guest | Joe Kimball

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