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Letter: A trashing of our freedoms

During 2008 President Obama promised transparency, saying all Congressional bills would be on the Internet 72 hours before passage. Instead, the opposite has occurred. Consider Senate passage of ObamaCare. Democrats...

opinion / letters Tue, Dec 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Army vet to seek DFL endorsement for District 18

COKATO -- Hal Kimball, 38, of Cokato announced this week he'll seek the DFL endorsement for Senate District 18. The seat is currently held by Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, who...

news / local Fri, Dec 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Kimball seeks DFL endorsement for Dille's senate seat

COKATO -- Hal Kimball, 38, of Cokato announced this week he'll seek the DFL endorsement for Senate District 18. The seat is currently held by Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, who...

news / local Thu, Dec 17, 2009 - 12:16pm

Dille announces he won't seek re-election to Senate in 2010

DASSEL -- State Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Minnesota Senate in November 2010. "Effective at the end of my current term, I...

news Wed, Nov 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Dille won't seek re-election to Senate in 2010

DASSEL -- State Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, announced today he will not seek re-election to the Minnesota Senate in November 2010. "Effective at the end my current term, I will...

news / region Tue, Nov 17, 2009 - 10:36am

Another big opportunity for first-time homebuyers is on its way

WILLMAR -- Area real estate agents say a bill that would extend and expand the first-time homebuyer federal tax credit would definitely help the housing market. As part of the...

news / local / business / nation Fri, Nov 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Deputy Commissioner Kevin Murphy of the Minnesota Commerce Department tells a Minnesota Senate committee Tuesday that 71 banks in the state are being watched closely to make sure they remain viable. Tribune photo by Don Davis

71 Minnesota banks closely watched

ST. PAUL -- Regulators are working with 71 of 426 Minnesota-based banks to make sure they do not fail, but bank and credit union officials say they are not risking...

news / state Wed, Oct 07, 2009 - 12:00am

Bruce Gilbertson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources area fisheries supervisor, right, stands Thursday in front of the tubes where walleye eggs are hatched at the New London hatchery. Also pictured are Sens. Steve Dille of Dassel, left, and Leroy Stumpf of Plummer. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Senators hear funding request for dams, fish hatchery and bike trails

NEW LONDON -- While casually milling around New London's Mill Pond Dam on Thursday afternoon, about a dozen Minnesota senators were told that the structure they were standing on was...

news / local / outdoors Fri, Sep 18, 2009 - 12:00am

'Clinkers' are taken out of rules for 'clunkers'

ST. PAUL -- Clunkers being traded in at Minnesota car dealers may have run smoother than a couple parts of the federal cash-for-clunkers program. But the problems are being fixed,...

news / state / nation Wed, Aug 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Cartoon by Gary Markstein

opinion / cartoons Sat, Jul 18, 2009 - 12:00am

By The Associated Press An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On the long U.S. Senate election in Minnesota: In March, Sen. John Cornyn insisted that...

opinion / editorials Tue, Jul 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, watches a House debate Monday as lawmakers consider a major health care spending bill. Tribune photo by Scott Wente

Massive Minn. health proposal plods along, but its future seems anyone's guess

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota lawmakers passed a massive health care spending bill that favors nursing homes and programs for the poor, but may be short-lived. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party-led Legislature on...

news / region / state Tue, May 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Massive Minn. health proposal plods along, but its future seems anyone's guess

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota lawmakers passed a massive health care spending bill that favors nursing homes and programs for the poor, but may be short-lived. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party-led Legislature on...

news / region / state Tue, May 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Rep. Tom Huntley of Duluth listens to debate Monday on his bill to fund state health and human services programs. He leads the committee that drew up the bill. Tribune photo by Don Davis

Health care spending plans beginning to take shape

ST. PAUL -- Hospitals take a funding hit while most nursing homes are protected. Low-income Minnesotans keep their government-subsidized health insurance while some doctors lose state aid for treating the...

news / local / region / state Tue, Apr 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Norm Coleman seeks longer schedule for Senate race appeal

ST. PAUL - Norm Coleman proposes that his and Al Franken's campaigns have until mid-May to file written arguments in the U.S. Senate election case headed for a Minnesota Supreme...

news / state Thu, Apr 23, 2009 - 12:00am

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