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Minn. House GOPer Introduces Vikings Proposal

A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a bill to build a new Vikings stadium in Ramsey County and pay for it with tax money raised by authorizing electronic bingo games and pull-tabs in bars and restaurants...

Obama Seeks 28 Percent Corporate Tax Rate

Reaction among Republicans is mixed, after a proposal today from President Barack Obama for a lower corporate tax rate...

Walker Renews Support for New St. Croix Bridge

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is urging the U.S. House to act quickly on a new bridge that would cross the St. Croix River...

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Feds Award Health Overhaul Grants to 10 States, Including MN

Federal officials say another 10 states are getting a total of $230 million to set up new health insurance markets under President Barack Obama's overhaul...

New Minn. Legislative Maps Pair 46 Incumbents

Minnesota's new legislative district maps would put 46 legislators in districts with other incumbents and create 23 open seats, but it's unclear whether the map will change the partisan balance in the GOP-controlled Legislature...

Preliminary Hearing Set for Former Walker Aide

A preliminary hearing has been set for a woman who was a former close aide to Gov. Scott Walker when he was the Milwaukee County executive...

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Governor Dayton Sets Deadline for Stillwater Bridge

Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants federal approval for a new St. Croix bridge by mid-March or he will ask that state funds for its construction be diverted to other projects...

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Walker's Favorability Rating Dips Since January

A new poll says Gov. Scott Walker's favorability rating has dipped in the past month...

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POLL: Wis. Voters Favor Obama Over 4 GOP Rivals

A new poll shows President Barack Obama easily leading each of his four Republican rivals in Wisconsin. A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Obama leading former Sen. Rick Santorum, 51 percent to 40 percent, and leading former Gov. Mitt Romney, 53 percent to 38 percent...

Voter ID Ad Some Consider Racist Replaced

A group pushing for the Voter ID bill has now pulled an ad some called racist, but what they put in its place may not make critics any happier...

Vikings Official: Stadium Negotiations Ongoing

Vikings vice president Lester Bagley said Tuesday that negotiations for a new stadium are ongoing, and officials are now focused on putting a new facility at the current Metrodome site...

Bachmann Says She'll Run for 6th District Despite New Maps

A special court panel's new maps of Minnesota congressional districts would throw incumbent Reps. Michele Bachmann and Betty McCollum into the same district...

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Minn. Lawmakers Talk Bipartisan Benefit Corporation Bill

State lawmakers have announced a bipartisan bill that would create a new class of corporations in Minnesota...

Judges Want Wis. Lawmakers to Reassess Voting Maps

Federal judges in Milwaukee have postponed for at least one day a trial that would evaluate whether the latest voting-district maps are constitutional...

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Voter ID Debuts in Wisconsin Primary

Polls are open in Wisconsin's primary. And for the first time, voters must show photo identification in order to cast a ballot...

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Minn. House Passes Emergency Sex Offender Bill

The House has passed an emergency bill to close a loophole in sex offender law in response to the upcoming release of child molester Clarence Opheim...

Minn.'s Bachmann Seeks Stronger Medicaid Oversight

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she'll introduce federal legislation to force greater oversight of government spending on healthcare programs in response to a federal investigation of how Minnesota administers Medicaid insurance...

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Minn. Senate Sends Teacher Testing Bill to Gov. Dayton

The Senate has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a bill requiring teachers to pass a skills test. The bill requires Minnesota teachers to pass a basic skills test in reading, writing and math before they receive a teaching license...

Bachmann Plans Run Regardless of Redistricting

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she intends to run for reelection to her Minnesota congressional seat regardless of what happens to her current district when a judicial panel redraws state political boundaries this week...

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Bachmann Expected to Announce New HMO Legislation

Congresswoman Michele Bachman will stop in St. Paul at the State Capitol Monday morning...

Wis. Officials Ready for State's New Voter ID Law

Municipal and county clerks around Wisconsin say they are ready for the state's new voter identification law when it takes effect in Tuesday's spring primary election...

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Promises, Promises: Dayton Backtracks on Calendar

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton won't allow inspection of his daily calendar despite saying as a candidate that taxpayers would "have a right to know what I'm doing with my time" and should know who he's meeting with privately...

Rick Santorum Questions Obama's Christian Values

White House candidate Rick Santorum on Saturday questioned President Barack Obama's Christian values and attacked GOP rival Mitt Romney's Olympics leadership as he courted tea party activists and evangelical voters in Ohio, "ground zero" in the 2012 nomination fight...

GOP Contenders Face 13-State Test after Brief Lull

A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking his spots elsewhere, if not everywhere, as the race for the Republican presidential nomination roars back to life...

Obama: Manufacturing Rebounding after Painful Time

President Barack Obama says the painful restructuring of America's manufacturing base means a lot of jobs are gone forever, but not that Americans must "settle for a lesser future."

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