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What happened at the end of session?
- Updated: May 21, 2013 - 5:35 AM
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Obama administration: Drone strikes killed 4 Americans since 2009
The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy. Updated 11:37 PM
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- House to vote on variable rate student loans
- Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
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Same-sex marriage group raised $2 mill. for legislative fight
Minnesotans United spent the money organizing and buying advertising.
Updated 10:23 PM
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- Dayton, lawmakers join Mayo Clinic celebration in Rochester
- Court: Votes for gay marriage not cause for recall
- Dayton signs education bill with all-day kindergarten starting fall 2014
- GOP House members ask Dayton to veto parks money
- Poll gives Franken a big lead over all potential GOP opponents
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- DFL leaders call budget 'progress;' GOP says it's 'tax, tax, tax'
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Dayton, lawmakers celebrate Mayo expansion
Gov. Mark Dayton, joined by state and local lawmakers, celebrated the Mayo Clinic's estimated $5.6 billion expansion that will create... Updated 9:46 PM
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What's in, what's out as 2013 session closes
Income tax, cigarette tax increases are in, along with $585 million for Mayo/Rochester and all-day kindergarten. Minimum wage increase...
Updated May. 21, 2013
- Dayton signs education bill with all-day kindergarten starting fall 2014
- DFL leaders call budget 'progress;' GOP says it's 'tax, tax, tax'
- Minnesota: Prepare to vote on lawmaker pay
- House approves care workers union bill by single vote
- Court: Votes for gay marriage not cause for recall
- All-day kindergarten is a go for fall 2014
- Rochester, Mayo Clinic celebrate $585 million windfall from the state
- Minnesota Senate passes $11.3 billion HHS budget
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Union power at issue as Garcetti elected LA mayor
The incoming mayor of Los Angeles was able to defeat a fellow Democrat by depicting her as a pawn of utility union bosses in a city long friendly to labor, an outcome expected to echo beyond California as unions nationwide face threats to their clout.
Updated 6:04 PM
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- Poll gives Franken a big lead over all potential GOP opponents
- Pressure builds on House to act on immigration overhaul
- Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum
- Senator: Assaults let military culture continue
- House to vote on variable rate student loans
- House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults
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