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Today’s ‘speedy’ special session will have special rules | By Doug Grow | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | Normal legislative rules have been waived, no amendments will be allowed, and it’s clear that leaders expect quick passage of the budget bills. MinnPost photo by James Nord | Click here to read the story
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2011 legislative debates segueing into beginning of 2012 campaign | By Doug Grow | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | Even as lawmakers finished up a massive stack of budget bills to end Minnesota’s government shutdown, last-minute floor speeches offered a preview of issues for the next legislative elections. MinnPost photo by James Nord | Click here to read the story
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Buoyant Gov. Dayton signs budget bills that end shutdown | By Doug Grow | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | In signing off on the legislation that puts Minnesota back to work, he takes responsibility for the stuff he considers good — but points his finger at Republicans for the stuff he considers bad. REUTERS/Eric Miller | Click here to read the story
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Young immigrant journalist finds her niche in Willmar | By Gregg Aamot | Thursday, July 21, 2011 | Marian Sanchez, who started her trilingual paper in 2008, says, “If a young person is interested in doing something here, he or she can make it happen.” MinnPost photo by Gregg Aamot | Click here to read the story
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Michele Bachmann’s migraines: Just how incapacitating are they? | By Susan Perry | Thursday, July 21, 2011 | The level of migraine-associated pain varies from person to person, says Minneapolis neurologist Dr. Miles Belgrade, “from hardly bothersome at all to completely devastating … but that end of the spectrum is very rare.” REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst | Click here to read the story
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Wood chippers, ghost stories, dog operas, and bad dancing | By Max Sparber | Thursday, July 21, 2011 | I have to give the folks at the MN Film and TV Board credit for seeming like an awful lot of fun. They were, in part, behind the afterparty for the Walker’s screening of “Fargo” this past weekend at Joe’s Garage, which featured the actual wood chipper from the movie. Detail of a photo by Professor Bellows Photographics | Click here to read the story
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MnDOT workers get a warm ‘Welcome back!’ | By James Nord | Thursday, July 21, 2011 | MnDOT Commissioner Tom Sorel’s staff welcomed the returning employees with doughnuts and coffee, and a mood of happy relief pervaded the lobbies and halls of the Transportation building, just down the street from Minnesota’s state Capitol. MinnPost photo of Tom Sorel by James Nord | Click here to read the story
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This weekend: cars, motorcycles and dance | By Max Sparber | Friday, July 22, 2011 | In general, we Minnesotans aren’t quite as strung out on speed. But we do like to muck with our cars, and we have our own festival dedicated to the results: the annual art car parade (which now also includes art bikes). MinnPost photo by Max Sparber | Click here to read the story
