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...gay marriage are expected in the next few days, though the debate may not get going until later this spring. The chief sponsors are expected to be two Minneapolis Democrats, Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark, who are both gay and in...
...of Minnesota senators is backing a five-year moratorium on sport hunting and trapping of wolves in Minnesota. The chief sponsor is Majority Whip Chris Eaton, D-Brooklyn Center. The co-sponsors include Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden...
...particularly like the idea that local government officials can't carry weapons when other citizens can," he said. The chief sponsor of the bills, Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder, brought in several other attorneys to testify in favor of the...
...right-to-work plans are better for business. In Minnesota, Republican Rep. Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, the chief sponsor in the House, claimed that workers relocate from "forced-unionism states to right-to-work states." "This...
...somewhere in between. "The Vikings didn't get whatever they wanted," said GOP Sen. Julie Rosen, the bill's chief sponsor. She said the team will have to come up with more to come away successful. To be sure, Wilf won't be cutting a...
...and I urge the senators to do the same before they leave for the August recess." That break begins Friday. The chief sponsor of the Senate bill, Democrat Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, said the labor dispute amounts to a "tempest in a...
...Green Acres program was designed to hold down property taxes in rural Minnesota.LeMieur, R-Little Falls, was the chief sponsor in the House. Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-Brainerd, was a co-author in the Senate.The Senate approved the changes...
...Johnson, a Lutheran minister, said during his brief pre-meal prayer. Johnson, DFL-Willmar, was the bill's chief sponsor in the Senate. Neither Gov. Jesse Ventura nor House GOP leaders showed up for the event, which Johnson hoped would...
...nuclear industry) to strangle on its own waste without a viable alternative,'' Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, chief sponsor of the bill, said during four hours of debate Tuesday. Murkowski urged his fellow senators ''to put this issue...
...Our allies, unfortunately, have not,'' said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, chief sponsor of the amendment to a defense authorization bill, said European allies promised $402 million for the rebuilding of...