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N.D. House rejects oil tax reform bill
BISMARCK -- House legislators Wednesday rejected an oil tax reform bill that would have lowered the oil extraction tax, closed a tax loophole for low-producing wells and set up guidelines for a new tr...
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Senior fraud prevention
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Duluth-area leaders bring a message of thanks to Capitol
ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
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Nolan asks EPA to limit sulfate impact on highway projects

Nolan asks EPA to limit sulfate impact on highway projects U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Crosby, has sent a letter to officials of the Environmental Protecting Agency urging them to “stick to the facts” when considering sulfate as an issue in two major projects.

By News Tribune staff , May 13, 2013

Obama: Targeting by IRS is 'outrageous'

Obama says at a news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron that people are "properly concerned" about the IRS's targeting of conservative political groups.

By Associated Press report , May 13, 2013

Supporters of same-sex marriage come to St. Paul to see history (with video)

Supporters of same-sex marriage come to St. Paul to see history (with video) Opponents said they expect the bill to pass today, making Minnesota the 12th state to allow same-sex couples to wed.

By Don Davis , May 13, 2013

VIDEO: Minnesota Senate debates, votes on same-sex marriage at noon

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota is scheduled to be debated and voted on in the Minnesota Senate starting at noon today. Live video is available, courtesy of The UpTake.

By News Tribune staff , May 13, 2013

Bygones for May 13

News Tribune, May 13, 1973 The city of Duluth is moving into a comprehensive graphic identification program that will include a new official logo on printed materials, signs, city vehicles, uniforms and points of interest.

May 13, 2013

Dayton, DFL reach budget deal that raises some taxes

Dayton, DFL reach budget deal that raises some taxes Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature’s top Democrats announced an agreement Sunday to raise taxes on Minnesota’s wealthier residents and cigarette sales and to spend the extra money on public schools and colleges, as well as on other areas.

By Patrick Condon , May 13, 2013

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Minnesota pushes solar power; mines, mills off the hook

Minnesota pushes solar power; mines, mills off the hook The Minnesota Legislature appears poised to enact landmark state energy policy in coming days requiring, for the first time, that big utilities make electricity from the sun.

By John Myers , May 13, 2013

Dayton, DFL legislative leaders reach Minnesota budget deal

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature's top Democrats have reached a budget deal that includes income tax increases on wealthier Minnesotans and a cigarette tax increase, and aims to provide property tax relief while boosting spending for public schools, state colleges and other programs.

By Don Davis , May 12, 2013

Report: Senior IRS officials knew Tea Party groups were being targeted

Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by the Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.

By Associated Press report , May 12, 2013

Reader’s view: State’s best investment is in early learning

I have been an early childhood education professional for 35 years, devoting my entire adult life to advocating for high-quality early learning experiences for all children regardless of socio-economic status. I know children with better preschool opportunities are more likely in later years to be literate, graduate, maintain jobs, pay taxes and stay out of jail, as evidenced in the High Scope Perry Preschool Study.

By Connie Black , May 12, 2013

Reader’s view: Cartoon unfairly painted GOP as hawks

Steve Lindstrom’s editorial cartoon of May 1, showing House Republicans marching between Syrian rebels and a terrorist group, was disgusting.

By Eric Lindell , May 12, 2013

An educator's view: Special education can’t be the only target to cut

There are now 128,000 special-education students in Minnesota’s K-12 public schools. The cost of working with these students is $1.8 billion per year.

By Joseph Legueri , May 12, 2013

Local view: Beware the demogogue, democracy’s big enemy

In March I wrote a letter to the editor about cowardly legislators who act so as to appear to be doing something, whether good, bad or useless. In a one-room, rural schoolhouse in northern Kentucky in 1918, my father and his fellow seventh-graders were taught to recognize such politicians. Following is an excerpt from one of my father’s civics texts:

By William H. Rees , May 12, 2013

Fall ballot results no predictor of Minnesota House marriage vote

Fall ballot results no predictor of Minnesota House marriage vote A quarter of Minnesota House members wound up voting for their personal preference on legalizing gay marriage rather than following their district's results of last November’s ballot measure to ban it.

By Brian Bakst , May 11, 2013

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Minnesota Senate votes to raise gas tax by 5 cents

In a sudden shift Friday, the Minnesota Senate revived the possibility of raising the gas tax for roadwork and a metropolitan area sales tax for mass transit projects by making over what had been a stand-pat transportation finance plan.

By Associated Press report , May 10, 2013

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