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		<title>What to watch for in Minnesota&#8217;s coming legislative session</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/what-to-watch-for-in-minnesotas-coming-legislative-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Session Preview 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Hausman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Cassellius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Mariani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Radatz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Dill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Foundation of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Range]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Metsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Ventura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Marty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Blake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Gauthier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Services Advocacy Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Sex Offender Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NextGen Energy Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Pappas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Offender Civil Commitment Advisory Task Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Simon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Liebling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rukavina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Cornish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Lourey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Limmer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a guide to key policy matters that are likely to be addressed and heavily lobbied in the 2013 legislative session.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the budget 2013</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/beyond-the-budget-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/beyond-the-budget-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Car Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Hausman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Vanasek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Cassellius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Mariani]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cook Girard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Dill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Metsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Marty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Tuma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Gauthier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Doyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PolyMet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Pappas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEIU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Simon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Liebling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rukavina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Cornish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Lourey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Limmer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The path through any budget session leads to a negotiating table at which the governor and legislative leaders work out the most politically palatable taxing and spending deal they can muster. But the budget is never the only game in town. Before the session endgame gets played out, a network of committees will play host to various and sundry dramas involving policy issues before state government. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rixmann a growing force among political donors</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/rixmann-a-growing-force-among-political-donors/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/rixmann-a-growing-force-among-political-donors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Cummins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Rixmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Republican caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Davnie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Atkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Dahle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leon Lillie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mee Moua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Consumer Small Loan Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Coleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Cassidy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pawn America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payday lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudy Perpich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Emmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Horner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Tillberry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Rixmann likes to say he was dragged into politics “kicking and screaming.” Just five years ago, Rixmann, the founder and CEO of Pawn America had been at the Capitol only a few times as a child.]]></description>
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		<title>Committee approves payday lending &#8216;loophole&#8217; bill</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/03/committee-approves-payday-lending-loophole-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/03/committee-approves-payday-lending-loophole-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Sundquist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Davnie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payday lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A House committee this morning approved a bill that would close a loophole in state law that allows three payday lending companies to operate under rules other than those specifically written to govern the industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Payday lending law: A compromise in a contentious session</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2009/07/payday-lending-law-a-compromise-in-a-contentious-session/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2009/07/payday-lending-law-a-compromise-in-a-contentious-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Rixmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payday lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a 2009 legislative session very light on compromise, there’s at least one new law that stands as an exception to the rule – regulation regarding payday lending in Minnesota. The state House and Senate unanimously passed and Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a bill in May that payday lenders and consumer advocates, who spent weeks [...]]]></description>
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