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Congressional Republicans Vote To Ease Wall Street Regulations.

Back in 2010, following the 2008 recession, lawmakers worked together to create legislation to prevent another financial crisis. The legislation, called the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, …
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Transportation In Minnesota: A Realistic Assessment.

In anticipation of legislative transportation budgets, the Star Tribune created an interactive map highlighting the state’s worst bridges, and found that about 1,200 of our 20,000 bridges are classified as …
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Why Mike Huckabee Is Wrong To Bash Beyoncé.

Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee–the same guy who said providing birth control under the Affordable Care Act insults women by “making them believe they’re helpless…because they cannot control their …
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Roz Peterson: Not the Teacher’s Pet.

Minnesota has a new class of freshmen conservative lawmakers at the state capitol this year, and it is made up of some new faces that Minnesotans need to hear about. …
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Rep. Paul Thissen Says It Best.

House Minority Leader DFL Rep. Paul Thissen has a column in the Star Tribune today that is just so spot on that I must share it. In it, Thissen points out …
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Peggy Bennett: Most Likely to Say What She Thinks the Middle Class Wants to Hear.

Minnesota has a new class of freshmen conservative lawmakers at the state capitol this year, and it is made up of some new faces that Minnesotans need to hear about. …
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Jeff Backer: Least Likely to Research His Opinions.

Minnesota has a new class of freshmen conservative lawmakers at the state capitol this year, and it is made up of some new faces that Minnesotans need to hear about. …
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Dale Lueck: Least Likely to Update Constituents Via Social Media.

Minnesota has a new class of freshmen conservative lawmakers at the state capitol this year, and it is made up of some new faces that Minnesotans need to hear about. …