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		<title>Legislators, lobbyists host Capitol Hill fundraiser for Rick Nolan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Klobuchar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis McGrann]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Nolan will be getting a little help stocking his campaign war chest Wednesday evening in the nation's capital.  Sens. Amy Klobuchar  and Al Fraken and the rest of Minnesota's DFL legislative delegation are scheduled to attend the fundraiser.]]></description>
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		<title>Gaming politics drive tight RNC race</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/gaming-politics-drive-tight-rnc-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Weigold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Jungabuer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Westover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David FitzSimmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Brigham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evie Axdahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Beihoffer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Gilmore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Punt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Weible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The race for Republican National Committeewoman at the state Republican Party convention this weekend is not exactly the most-watched political contest of the year. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stebbins, Paulites loom large at GOP convention</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/stebbins-paulites-loom-large-at-gop-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, as Marianne Stebbins recalls it, she couldn’t get Republican Party officials to return her phone calls. The state coordinator for Ron Paul’s presidential campaign wanted to know whether the Texas congressman would be granted a speaking slot at the party’s convention in Rochester.]]></description>
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		<title>OLA: Create incentives for local governments to merge</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/ola-create-incentives-for-local-governments-to-merge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Association of Minnesota Counties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Nobles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Auditor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Maluchnik]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the budget deficits that have marked the last decade at the state Capitol, lawmakers have frequently mulled ways to make local government more efficient and, perhaps more to the point, less expensive.]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Schier: Session post-mortem: Minnesota’s uncertain political future</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/steven-schier-session-post-mortem-minnesotas-uncertain-political-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Schier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the final weeks of the 2012 legislation session, GOP leaders tried to work out a “big deal” with Gov. Mark Dayton. The deal involved bundling an agreement to build a stadium with GOP legislation providing tax relief and a bonding bill.]]></description>
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		<title>David Schultz: The lesson of the Vikings stadium:  Democracy failed</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/david-schultz-the-lesson-of-the-vikings-stadium-democracy-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Schultz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The duties of elected officials are never easy. But in the case of the Minnesota Legislature, the deliberations and final votes on the Vikings stadium reveal a travesty of accountability, open government and questionable politics.]]></description>
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		<title>Dane Smith: Public investment, not austerity, is road to recovery</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/dane-smith-public-investment-not-austerity-is-road-to-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dane Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expectations were extremely low for the 2012 Minnesota Legislature. Yet here and there in the cloud’s lining are more than a few silver strands, representing investment in human and physical capital, and advancement of public good.]]></description>
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		<title>California’s Brown confronts budget intractability</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/californias-brown-confronts-budget-intractability/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/californias-brown-confronts-budget-intractability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloomberg News</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Jerry Brown took office last year on a promise to deploy political skills honed over three decades to break the most populous U.S. state out of its annual fiscal crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax-cut promises may trap New Jersey’s Christie</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/tax-cut-promises-may-trap-new-jerseys-christie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloomberg News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who has spent the past four months promising New Jersey income-tax cuts, now confronts the challenge of selling his plan’s feasibility against a backdrop of continuing revenue shortfalls.]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol 10: Annual governor events</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/capitol-10-annual-governor-events/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/capitol-10-annual-governor-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Dayton participated in the annual Governor’s Fishing Opener over the weekend, and this fall will mark Minnesota’s second Governor’s Pheasant Opener. We asked the Capitol Insiders what other events should be considered annual events for the governor. Here were their top choices.]]></description>
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