...without fear of prosecution is becoming a source of tension even before it comes up for a committee hearing. Rep. Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, sent an angry letter to Rep. Barb Sykora, R-Excelsior, accusing her of a ''personal and...

...introduced a bill Monday to make all Minnesota hospitals havens for unwanted newborns. Sen. Leo Foley and Rep. Luanne Koskinen, both of Coon Rapids, hope to prevent similar cases by allowing mothers to drop off unharmed babies up to three...

...said Saturday. Pam Poirier, the mother of kidnapped convenience store clerk Kathyln ''Katie'' Poirier, Rep. Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, and Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, held a news conference at a convenience store to present...

...whether the move is legal. The action isn't final because the Senate is moving in a different direction. Rep. Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, was outraged by the bill. "This is an assault on the collective bargaining process and another...

...told his colleagues. "What we did today is just as wrong as it was for Timothy McVeigh to do what he did." Rep. Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, whose daughter kidnapped and fatally stabbed seven years ago, echoed Bishop and called McVeigh's...

...Princeton, Rep. Ruth Johnson of St. Peter, Rep. Mark Thompson of New Hope, Rep. Geri Evans of New Brighton, Rep. Luanne Koskinen of Coon Rapids and Rep. Betty Folliard of Hopkins. The only Republican losers were first-termers, Sen. Grace...

...committee, which considers only the fiscal impact, voted 7-1 in favor of the bill. Two DFLers were absent. Rep. Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, voted against the bill. House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, has said the House would...

...Park, 44A Mark Thompson, DFL-New Hope, 45A Lyndon Carlson, DFL-Crystal, 45A Bill Haas, R-Champlin, 47A Luanne Koskinen, DFL-Coon Rapids, 47A Jean Wagenius, DFL-Minneaplis, 62B Wes Skoglund, DFL-Minneapolis, 62B