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Ellison pushes student loan bill

by Aaron DuBois
Published January 27, 2012
If the bill is allowed to expire in July, Stafford loan interest rates will jump to 6.8 percent.
Special assistant to the president for government relations Jason Rohloff began Jan 9. Rohloff will play a crucial role in lobbying for support for the University in the legislative session which begins today.

Rohloff begins as the U’s public face at the Capitol

by Dina Elrashidy
Published January 24, 2012
Rohloff will work to garner financial support as state aid to the University declines.
Representative Kurt Zellers speaks at the public forums hosted by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance Thursday afternoon in the Cowles Auditorium. The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance is hosting a series of public forums with several of Minnesota's elected officials

Session outlook includes bonding bill, redistricting and Vikings stadium

by Kevin Burbach
Published January 24, 2012
The University requested about $170 million from this year’s bonding bill.

U groups prepare for Obama’s campaign

by Luke Miller
Published January 24, 2012
Volunteers hope to repeat 2008 election success with students.

House Speaker Zellers visits campus

by Nick Sudheimer
Published January 19, 2012
The next session of the Legislature will begin Tuesday.

Dayton’s bonding bill looks bleak for University

by Dina Elrashidy
Published January 17, 2012
The bonding bill will likely change drastically before it is passed during the 2012 legislative session.
Senator-elect Kari Dziedzic hugs Senator Linda Higgins at her election night party Tuesday at Elsie's Restaurant in Minneapolis. Dziedzic won the special election for Senate District 59 with 79 percent of the vote.

Dziedzic wins special election for Senate seat

by Kevin Burbach
Published January 10, 2012
Dziedzic won with 79 percent of the vote in the district, which is considered a DFL stronghold.
Kari Dziedzic will face Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Ben Schwanke Tuesday in the special election for SD59.

Dziedzic eyes Senate seat with allies, experience

by Nick Sudheimer
Published January 6, 2012
Kari Dziedzic has spent much of her life working with politicians.
Augsburg College senior Ben Schwanke phones constituents Thursday in his Stadium Village office . Schwanke will face Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Kari Dziedzic Tuesday in the special election for SD59.

Young Republican Schwanke hopes to defy the odds

by Kevin Burbach
Published January 6, 2012
Augsburg College senior and 21-year-old Ben Schwanke said he understands winning the Senate seat will be a challenge.

Schwanke and Dziedzic fight for Senate seat Tuesday

by John Hageman
Published January 6, 2012
Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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