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		<title>SEIU backs Betsy Hodges in Minneapolis mayoral race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betsy Hodges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cam Winton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Samuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Schiff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Cherryhomes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Service Employees International Union announced on Thursday that it is backing Betsy Hodges in the Minneapolis mayoral contest. The two-term city council member is seeking to replace R.T. Rybak, who is not running for a fourth term.

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		<title>Poll finds Dayton popularity declined since January</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/poll-finds-dayton-popularity-declined-since-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Mullen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Rosen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Daudt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott Honour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The survey conducted earlier this week by Public Policy Polling revealed 49 percent approval and 47 percent disapproval for Dayton. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton strips $9.3 million in projects from Legacy bill</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/dayton-strips-9-3-million-in-projects-from-legacy-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy / Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Kahn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an apparent reversal from the negotiated deal on the Legacy bill earlier this week, Gov. Mark Dayton has line-item vetoed two projects that the Legislature appropriated from the Outdoor Heritage Fund. The projects were controversial because neither was recommended by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. ]]></description>
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		<title>IP planning to sue state over school shift</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/ip-planning-to-sue-state-over-school-shift/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/ip-planning-to-sue-state-over-school-shift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget / Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[k-12 school shift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Jenkins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Independence Party of Minnesota plans to take the state to court if the school-aid shift isn’t paid off by Dec. 1. IP Chairman Mark Jenkins has scheduled a state Capitol press conference on Thursday to announce his legal plans.]]></description>
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		<title>DFL Senate + DFL House = 11th hour standoffs</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/dfl-senate-dfl-house-11th-hour-standoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/dfl-senate-dfl-house-11th-hour-standoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Hausman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Lenczewski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Eken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Thissen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Skoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Bakk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you ask Gov. Mark Dayton, one-party rule worked out well for just about everyone this session. “I think it worked extraordinarily well for Minnesotans,” the governor said in a celebratory Tuesday morning press conference.]]></description>
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		<title>The omnibus tax bill: what’s in, what’s out</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/the-omnibus-tax-bill-whats-in-whats-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Lenczewski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Skoe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The omnibus tax bill passed by the House and Senate in the final 24 hours of the legislative session contains $2.1 billion in additional revenues. That much is easy to decipher. But within that broad outline there are inter-connecting rate hikes, credits, exemptions and expenditures that will take days or weeks to fully unpack. ]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature finishes $38 billion state budget</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/legislature-finishes-38-billion-state-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/legislature-finishes-38-billion-state-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bud Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Zelle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EQB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frac sand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Pelowski]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Marquart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Winkler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was four minutes to midnight on the final day of session when the Minnesota Senate passed the omnibus tax bill that wrapped up the Legislature’s work on the state’s $38 billion budget for the 2014-15 biennium. 
The down-to-the-wire finish followed a contentious final two weeks of negotiations between House, Senate and the governor’s office over the terms of final budget and policy deals.
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		<title>Campaign finance bill boosts spending limits, reduces disclosure</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/campaign-finance-bill-boosts-spending-limits-reduces-disclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/campaign-finance-bill-boosts-spending-limits-reduces-disclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign finance bill that state lawmakers have sent to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk will allow candidates to raise and spend more money, a step that its backers termed necessary in light of the growing role of independent expenditure groups in political campaigns. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen B. Young: Inflection point</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/stephen-b-young-inflection-point/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/stephen-b-young-inflection-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen B. Young</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision of the DFL leadership to have the state of Minnesota recognize same-sex marriages is just another battle won and lost in our culture wars.  It did not end the conflict between religious perspectives on the legitimacy of personal sexual practices.]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Donahoe: Legislature missed boat on transportation</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/margaret-donahoe-legislature-missed-boat-on-transportation/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/margaret-donahoe-legislature-missed-boat-on-transportation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2013 legislative session behind us, people are sorting out the impact of the policies enacted by the Legislature and governor.  Unfortunately, Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure will simply continue to deteriorate.]]></description>
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