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Elected vs. appointed positions

On Tuesday of this week the Minnesota House Committee on Governmental Operations will consider several bills that would alter the way in which some county elective offices may be made...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-03-04/elected-vs-appointe
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Social issue in St. Paul

...two fiscal years. They did not immediately take Dayton's lead in scrapping tax increases.To the contrary, a House committee recently heard a Democrat bill that would raise taxes on snack foods. This follows bills to raise taxes on alcohol...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-03-19/social-issue-st-paul
Open Forum
Bills authored by Ward receive committee hearings

...Several pieces of legislation introduced by Rep. John Ward, DFL ? Baxter, recently received hearings in Minnesota House committees.The bills dealt with a possible veterans nursing home in Brainerd, an amendment in bus regulations for the Brainerd...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-20/bills-authored-ward-receive-committe
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...state's objections during the regulatory review now underway.? Minnesota House committee considers earlier primaryST. PAUL (AP) - A Minnesota House committee is hearing a bill that would shift Minnesota's primary election from August...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2013-02-28
This was Brainerd - March 5

...MARCH 520 years ago (1993)A bill to establish the state's first recreation area on the Cuyuna Range cleared a House committee yesterday, said Rep. Kris Hasskamp, author of the bill. The bill would create the 5,000 acre Cuyuna Country...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2013-03-04/was-brainerd-march-5
This Was Brainerd
Minnesota House eyes limits to gun access, ownership

...Star Tribune on Monday that any changes would need support from rural lawmakers in order to get his signature. The House committee chairman, St. Paul Democrat Michael Paymar, said he intends to assemble the best state-level proposals into an...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-05/minnesota-house-eyes-limits-gun-acce
News | Political
Moose hunting questioned as numbers fall

...up: Why are we still having a moose season?" Rep. David Dill, DFL-Crane Lake, an avid hunter who chairs a House committee that oversees wildlife, said he plans to hold hearings about the decline of Minnesota's moose in which more than...

http://brainerddispatch.com/outdoors/2013-01-28/moose-hunting-questioned-numbers
Outdoors
Minnesota House panel plans 3 days of gun hearings

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota House committee is gearing up for three days of hearings next week to take testimony on proposed changes to the state's gun laws. The House...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-01-28/minnesota-house-panel-plans-3-days-g
News | Political
Conservatives work to cull moderate Republicans

...Koch, a prominent political donor. So far this year, conservative challengers in Texas have unseated three state House committee chairmen who were accused by tea party adherents of cooperating with Democrats on legislation. A conservative opponent...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-07-30/conservatives-work-cull-moderate-rep
News | Political
CIA scandal is a distraction from Benghazi probe, Middle East wars

...with his biographer, but rather about Benghazi.Petraeus will appear before the House committee today at 7:30 a.m., a bit early for most House committee meetings, but it would suggest a sense of urgency in getting to the bottom of what...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-11-15/cia-scandal-distraction-benghazi-
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