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Skepticism, lack of enthusiasm greet ‘third way’ budget solution plan | Analysis by Doug Grow | Tuesday, July 5, 2011 | The big question surrounding the high-powered committee is whether it will have any power — or even influence — to end the shutdown dispute. MinnPost photo by Terry Gydesen | Click here to read the story
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Anti-Dayton billboards bring budget battle to drive time | By Joe Kimball | Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | Minnesota Majority has four billboards going up on major highways, near Forest Lake, St. Michael, Minneapolis and Inver Grove Heights, with a sarcastic message. Click here to read the story
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Dayton outlines what’s at risk in $1.4 billion budget difference | By Doug Grow | Thursday, July 7, 2011 | So, on a budget that would range anywhere from $34.2 billion (the Republican high-water number) to Dayton’s most recent proposal of about $35.6 billion, what does the difference actually mean? MinnPost photo of an AFSCME rally by Terry Gydesen | Click here to read the story
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Minnesota memories resonate through the halls of baseball’s Hall of Fame | By Don Effenberger | Friday, July 8, 2011 | On our first pilgrimage to the shrine at Cooperstown, we saw lots of Minnesota connections to the national pastime, and it’s amazing how emotionally powerful those inanimate objects can be. Photo by Pat Effenberger | Click here to read the story
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Shuttle Atlantis takes off — and I check one off my bucket list | By Peter Koeleman | Friday, July 8, 2011 | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — I had many chances and many missed opportunities during my 33 years as a newspaper photojournalist to cover a shuttle launch, but I somehow could not get it together to actually do it. MinnPost photo by Peter Koeleman | Click here to read the story