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All T-Paw, all the time / Vampire pleads guilty / Schubert vs. solar / Recession-proof beer / more
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Shredding Strike Force docs / T-Paw: "Quit whining" / Ending "Season of Fear" / more
Shredded documents at Gang Strike Force led to Strike Force commander Capt. Chris Omodt's decision to padlock the doors ahead of schedule yesterday, reports the Strib.
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Veto forecast / Charter school in trouble / New car rules / more
Even without the legislature in session, the forecast for Minnesota is high winds and lots of heat today.
T-Paw QOTD "The legislators are gone away and they are not coming back."MORE »
T-Paw QOTD "The legislators are gone away and they are not coming back."MORE »
News Day: Minnesota's midnight madness / MN Job Watch / NYT and plagiarism / more
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Midnight madness Just moments before midnight, the legislature passed a new tax bill, but it faces certain veto by the governor, MinnPost reports.MORE »
Governor No: Line item vetos and unallotment / Cop pleads guilty / Beware the borer / more
Governor No No new taxes. No special session. No compromise. That's essentially the message that Governor Pawlenty delivered with $400 million in line item vetoes and a threat that he will balance the budget by unallotment if the legislature does not agree to his terms.MORE »
Waiting for the veto / “Independent” contractors / Playing to lose / more
Passed, passed, passed and waiting The legislature passed a number of bills yesterday, and the stack on T-Paw's desk continues to grow. Will he sign or will he veto? Only the governor knows for sure. Among the bills awaiting decision:
• Flat funding for P-12 schools and cuts for higher ed.MORE »
Closing the door to college / Five days, a billion dollars / No blood on the gun / more
I'm on the road, so this blog post is short and late -- I hope tomorrow will be earlier and longer.
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News Day: Michelle Bachmann, Norm Coleman / Health care in jeopardy / Swine flu updates / more
Mad Michelle Minute Minnesota Independent chronicles the latest Bachmania, reporting that Bachmann offered an amendment to the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act to ban groups facing federal indictment for voter fraud from receiving federal foreclosure rMORE »
News Day: Mad Michelle Minutes / Sun setting for local media chain? / The virus formerly known as swine / more
Mad Michelle Minute Today's Michelle Bachmann updates: Making hate crimes illegal means protecting pedophiles and not protecting 85-year-old grandmothers and FDR's "Hoot-Smawley" tariMORE »
News Day: Ellison arrested / Fong Lee inside story / Mpls: From suspended principal to school closings / MN health cuts / more
In good company Rep. Keith Ellison was arrested Monday, along with civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis, and others, as they protested at Sudan's embassy in DC. After indictment of President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, Bashir ordered foreign aid workers to leave the country.MORE »
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