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First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 1 reports

Senate panel OKs immigration overhaul

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill Tuesday, May 21, that would provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants, setting the stage for the full Senate to consider the landmark legislation ... [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

In secret, top aides planned how to reveal IRS scandal

WASHINGTON -- Weeks before the world -- and apparently President Barack Obama himself -- heard about the details of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, top people in his administration started planning how to stage-manage the release of the informa ... [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, White House, Jacob Lew

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

St. Paul: House guest wanted after man shot in leg

A man fled from a Dayton's Bluff home Tuesday evening after shooting another man in the leg, and St. Paul police were still looking for the suspect.The shooting took place about 6:30 p.m. in a home in the 600 block of Reaney Avenue. Police said the victim, ... [Published TwinCities.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Police, Investigation

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

WBC hero Deduno coming back

Dominican Republic pitcher Samuel Deduno reacts after a strike out to end the fifth inning against Puerto Rico during the Championship Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic at AT&T Park on March 19, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Deduno will be ... [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Ron Gardenhire, Detroit (Michigan, United States), P. J. Walters, Tim Wood, Mike Pelfrey

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark to be honored by White House

A little more than a week after the bill she sponsored to legalize gay marriage was signed into law, state Rep. Karen Clark of Minneapolis is being honored by the White House as a "Harvey Milk Champion of Change."Clark will be one of 10 openly LGBT elected ... [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Karen Clark, White House, Gay, Harvey Milk, Al Franken

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Minnesota House of Representatives

Maplewood City Council: Suburb gears up for 'big election' in fall

The filing period opened Tuesday, May 21, for what some say will be an important election in Maplewood's frequently tumultuous municipal governance.Three seats on the Maplewood City Council, including the mayor's, will be up for election this fall, an ... [Published TwinCities.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, Minnesota House of Representatives, Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Autism, Chamber of Commerce

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Mark Dayton

Ex-Vikings coach Bud Grant to governor: Veto part of Legacy bill

Bud Grant (Pioneer Press file photo: Ben Garvin)Bud Grant says Gov. Mark Dayton knows the right call on $9.3 million in outdoors projects approved by the House and Senate.Veto.The legendary former Vikings coach is leading the charge for outdoors groups ... [Published TwinCities.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Bud Grant, Mark Dayton, Phyllis Kahn

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Crosswinds, Harambee likely will sit idle next school year

Lawmakers' failure to resolve the future of two east metro integration magnet schools has left hundreds of students in limbo and taxpayers on the hook for the upkeep of empty facilities.The Minnesota legislative session wrapped up Monday, May 21, without ... [Published TwinCities.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Katie Sieben, Perpich Center For Arts Education, Environmental Science, Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Takeover

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

Blaine man found guilty in stabbing death of his girlfriend

A Blaine man was found guilty Monday, May 20, of first-degree murder with a past pattern of domestic abuse in the 2011 death of his girlfriend.Patrick William Benton, 55, will be sentenced May 29, according to the Anoka County attorney's office.Benton ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: First-Degree Murder, Abuse, Mark Ward

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Cop, fire pensions in line for $15.5M; proposed insurance surcharge dropped

Lawmakers approved $15.5 million in annual state aid for police and fire pensions in lieu of an earlier proposal to add a surcharge to homeowner and auto insurance policies.The Minnesota Senate approved the measure as part of a tax bill Monday, May 20. ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Surcharge, Police, Brian Rice, Taxes, Minnesota Senate

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

State's planting season falls into place

Finally, Minnesota's growing season is greening up nicely.After months of worry about drought, cold, snow and delay, a welcome stretch of excellent planting weather has lifted spirits.Last week alone, Minnesota farmers planted more than half of an expected ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Corn, Drought, US Department of Agriculture, Tom Webb

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Minnesota House passes tax bill with $2.1 billion in new taxes

For the first time in five years, state taxes in Minnesota are headed up. But only on certain people and entities. ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Taxes

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"P.J is throwing great," Gardenhire said. "It just came down to Sammy's got some experience against these guys. We know what Sammy is. If we can get him through six innings, seven innings, that would be just fantastic. We were looking for a chance to compete and win a ballgame, and we thought he gave us the best chance right now -- at this moment."

WBC hero Deduno coming back [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

The White House announcement salutes Clark, who was first elected in 1980, as "the longest serving openly gay or lesbian state legislator in the country" and praises her work on behalf of low-income, American Indian and immigrant constituents

Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark to be honored by White House [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

"None of the Committee members got everything they wanted, and neither did I," Obama said, "but in the end, we all owe it to the American people to get the best possible result over the finish line."

Senate panel OKs immigration overhaul [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

"I will take responsibility for that," Miller said, suggesting a botched effort at damage control. "We had all the facts. ... We thought we'd get out an apology."

In secret, top aides planned how to reveal IRS scandal [Published TwinCities.com - 7 hours ago]

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