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Ellison touts labor reform

Published March 22, 2009

Supporters praise streamlined unionizing; opponents fear worker coercion and an increased governmental role in organized labor.

Legislature debates legalizing medical marijuana

Published March 22, 2009

Editors Note: This story is part of a six-part series covering bills that have historically failed in the state Legislature but are still reintroduced year after year.

Expanded nuclear power gets a hearing in Minn.

Published March 22, 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) âÄî The debate over expanding Minnesota's nuclear energy gets an airing at the Capitol this week. No votes are planned at a joint House-Senate hearing on the issue on Wednesday....

Officials question strategy to tax bailout bonuses

Published March 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The White House said Sunday that using tax law to pry bonuses from bailed-out company executives is "a dangerous way to go" and a Republican senator advised against Congress...

Obama cracks Special Olympics joke on Leno show

Published March 20, 2009

Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president's offhand remark was not meant to disparage the Special Olympics.

White House: Agenda on track despite worsening deficits

Published March 20, 2009

The new Congressional Budget Office figures predict Obama's budget will produce $9.3 trillion worth of red ink over 2010-2019.

Kerry seeks asylum for gay man wed in Mass.

Published March 20, 2009

Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he was married to a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts.

Biden: Help on the way for middle-class families

Published March 19, 2009

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) âÄî Minnesotans put Vice President Joe Biden and four Cabinet members on the spot Thursday, asking how federal aid could help their transit projects, community colleges and...

Minn. House Democrats offer deficit fix

Published March 19, 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) âÄî House Democrats are proposing a budget plan that would include $1.5 billion in new taxes and about $840 million in budget cuts. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher...