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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Walz announces that he'll vote for health care reform bill ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[First District DFL Rep. Tim Walz announced plans Friday to vote for the $1.2 trillion health-care reform bill, saying the time has come to change the sy]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:01 -0600</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[With instant-runoff voting, would Brede have been elected mayor? ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[If Rochester had instant-runoff voting, as was used for the first time in the Minneapolis mayoral and city council races last Tuesday, would Ardell Brede hav]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:50:01 -0600</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Campaign board punishes Minneapolis mayor ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL -- Fresh out of the gubernatorial campaign gate, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was punished Friday for using mayoral campaign funds for what state regulators said where activi]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:45:01 -0600</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Commission to cover patients hit by Pawlenty budget cut ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Human Services outlined a plan Friday to maintain health insurance for more than 30,000 low-income adults whose coverage runs out March 1, by moving them from one state program into another.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:05 -0600</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Find out how much your state legislator makes beyond salary ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[How much additional pay does your state legislator take home in daily allowances and reimbursements?  The Post-Bulletin analyzed information from Minnesota House and Senate per diem payments and housing allowances from 20]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:25:01 -0600</pubDate>
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