2005

December

• Groups attack eminent domain

• Gutknecht, colleague weigh in on immigration

• New year, new laws

• ‘Prairie Home Companion’ to Stay in Minn.

• Hatch: Keep credit scores out of insurance cost calculation

• Two elections continue DFL gains

• St. Paul ponders fee on college students

• New use for an old fort

• Clark wins Senate seat

• DFL wins 2 legislative races

• St. Cloud area voters pick new lawmakers

• Level 3 Sex Offender fear can go off the scale

• Millions of dollars for roads, transit are riding on constitutional change

• Water supply can’t meet thirst for new industry

• Will setbacks dent Pawlenty’s 2006 chances?

• For St. Cloud, an election with friction

• ACLU hopes to make traffic cameras blink

• Cigarette packs get new stamp

• Pawlenty defends immigrant report

• Liebling: December Legislative Update

• State to appeal tobacco fee ruling

• Coleman votes against ANWR filibuster, then votes no on drilling

• State moves to keep up fee

• Mother steps into House race after daughter disqualified

• Judge throws out cigarette fee

• Ramsey County judge strikes down new cigarette fee

• Arne Carlson: Invest in U biosciences for the good of the state

• Mom will run for state House in place of disqualified candidate

• Tide shifts in meth fight

• U, Twins stadium fortunes diverge

• Plates offer praise, cash, for veterans

• Supreme Court removes Ek from ballot

• Candidate’s St. Cloud residency rejected

• Donations put Doran on defensivePast gifts to GOP draw fire in DFL

• What’s next in Ek case? No one’s sure

• Rochester’s Rep. Bradley won’t run again in 2006

• Pawlenty immigration report ignites firestorm

• Rep. Fran Bradley To Retire from MN House

• McCarthy honored by Dayton, Harkin

• McCarthy honored by Dayton, Harkin

• Policing Minnesota’s immigration laws

• Court-ordered Minnesota spending challenged

• Lino Lakes council rejects citizen vote on stadium sales tax

• Gopher State again nation’s healthiest

• Mondale: McCarthy was `giant’ of Minnesota history

• Auditor urges changes in teacher pension law

• Illegal residents cost state $175M

• Bush in town to stump for Kennedy campaign

• Tax breaks appear likely

• Survey bodes ill for some Minnesota politicos

• Longer school year sought

• State’s computers vulnerable to data theft

• Lourey seat in Senate will be up for grabs

• Survey shows child care trends

• Key adviser to Pawlenty steps down

• Pawlenty offers Ford alternative for St. Paul

• Hatch’s links to fund are questioned

• A new wish list

• Ruling limits police searches

• State budget back in black

• Crafter of schools ‘Miracle’ dies at 75