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Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. House
ST. PAUL - Eight is enough. That is the message Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann delivered early today when she announced she will leave the U.S. House after eight years. In a video message, she gave no hint about her future, but said she could have won re-election if she wanted to run.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota Political Notebook: Democrats celebrate sending schools more money
ST. PAUL - Democrats were almost giddy when Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill upping education spending $485 million in the next two years.
RELATED CONTENTProcess dispute leads to Dayton outdoors vetoes
ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two provisions of a bill funding outdoors and arts projects, saying a House committee ignored a citizen advisory panel.
Historic Minnesota session ends with funding for Capitol, flooding and veterans
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Legislature ended a historic 2013 session seconds before midnight Monday after voting to renovate the state Capitol building, help communities fight floods, give veterans a new facility and provide disaster assistance.
Minnesota outdoors, agriculture provisions include paint, bees and farmers
ST. PAUL – Paint will cost more and be recycled. Bees will be protected. Financially troubled farmers will be able to access state aid.
Minnesota budget bills begin march to governor’s office
ST. PAUL – Minnesota legislators have taken baby steps in passing a $38 billion, two-year budget that must be finished by midnight Monday.
Highlights of the gay marriage issue in Minnesota
ST. PAUL – Here are highlights of the gay marriage issue in Minnesota: The law Minnesota law has restricted marriage to between men and women, but a bill the governor signed Tuesday evening allow “civil marriages” between any two people other than close family members.
RELATED CONTENT6,000 people crowd Minn. Capitol to celebrate signing of gay marriage bill
ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s gay community never has known such joy. That joy showed Tuesday night as American and rainbow flags flew in front of the state Capitol when Minnesota became the 12th state to embrace same-sex marriage.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota senators ‘vote yes for love’
ST. PAUL – Love and marriage soon will go together for Minnesota gays like they do for straight couples.
RELATED CONTENTGay Minnesotans come to see history as Senate prepares to vote (live video)
ST. PAUL - Gay Minnesotans and their supporters streamed into the Minnesota Capitol today expecting to witness history. They sang “America” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and celebrated, anticipating senators to approve gay marriage this afternoon.
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Capitol Chatter: Bachmann promises she will remain active in government
St. Paul - Michele Bachmann promises to remain involved in government policy, but that promise has been heard from others who soon faded from the scene.
RELATED CONTENTCapitol Chatter: Minnesota Capitol to see another round of gun law discussion
St. Paul - Call it Gun Week 2 in the Minnesota Legislature. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans meetings Thursday and Friday on bills written to curb gun violence. They likely will include proposals to ban so-called assault weapons and magazines with large numbers of bullets.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota Political Notebook: Nolan may use insider connection on farm bill
St. Paul - Rick Nolan sounds thrilled to sit on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, and he hopes a personal relationship with the House speaker could help the cause.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota Political Notebook: GOP leader in Minn. House understands his place
St. Paul - Kurt Daudt knows he leads a group that has little say in what happens around the Minnesota Capitol.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota Political Notebook: Bills faces long odds against popular Klobuchar
St. Paul - Gov. Mark Dayton told a crowd gathered to hear former President Bill Clinton that each one of them is needed to elect Democrats on Tuesday because races are so close.
RELATED CONTENTAn agreement: Minn. senator not a prom queen
St. Paul - U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and challenger Kurt Bills agree on little in their campaign, but there is one little area they can agree.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota election notebook: Supreme Court challengers face uphill climb
ST. PAUL – Challengers to Minnesota Supreme Court justices say their job is tough.
Professor to presidential candidates: All small businesses not alike
St. Paul - The two major presidential candidates say they love small businesses and want to help.
RELATED CONTENTDavis: Obama touts advances in wind power
ST. PAUL – Wind was a major topic on President Barack Obama’s campaign swing through Iowa, and not by chance the White House released a report showing wind power use is growing.
RELATED CONTENTDavis: Candidates’ forum answers get repetitive
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. – Farmers listening to the two major-party candidates for U.S. Senate may not have understood just where they stood on some issues after a Farmfest forum, but they could not have missed two points: • Republican challenger Kurt Bills is a teacher, a fact he managed to work into nearly every answer during the 90-minute forum. • Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar works with Senate Republicans on a range of issues, something she squeezed into many answers.
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