Outstate News (3-31-07)

04/01/2007

Bakk/Ortman: Senate heads toward tax help for some, hikes for others.
(AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070330/159869289.shtml

Senate approves top-in-nation tax bracket. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070331/159978160.shtml

Bakk/Rosen/Saxhaug/Tomassoni: State Senate OKs tax overhaul bill with
big area impacts. (Virginia):
http://www.virginiamn.com/mdn/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=70&story_id=208616

Bakk/Vandeveer/Senjem: DFL-controlled Senate passes tax bill by 38-28
vote. (ECM):
http://hometownsource.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1028&Itemid=29

Ward to vote no on wine in grocery stores bill. (Brainerd):
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/033007/new_20070330015.shtml

Sviggum letter: DFLers are using coercion on taxes.
(Crookston-Worthington):
http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2007/03/31/opinion/15opin4.txt

Letter (Juhnke-Gimse): Politics vs. leadership. (Willmar):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=18301§ion=Opinion

Letter: It was amusing to read letter regarding Rep. Faust's vote on
the Seifert amendment. (Mora):
http://www.moraminn.com/main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=19&ArticleID=11523&TM=49982.21

Letter: Faust rejected the Seifert Help America Vote amendment.
(Mora):
http://www.moraminn.com/main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=19&ArticleID=11493&TM=49982.21

Column: Lourey details Minnesota's new transportation initiative.
(Mora):
http://www.moraminn.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=11522&TM=49926.54

Governor holds out hope for transportation compromise. (Willmar):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=18309§ion=news

Gov. Pawlenty generates excitement, speculation. (Willmar):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=18319§ion=news

Pawlenty/Collin Peterson: Putting on a show in Granite Falls.
(Marshall):
http://www.marshallindependent.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=11349

Collin Peterson: Corn-based ethanol continues growth. (Willmar):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=18310§ion=news

House Speaker Pelosi, Ellison, tour Jerusalem holy sites. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070331/159965715.shtml

Klobuchar to visit region next week. (Crookston):
http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2007/03/31/news/15news2.txt

UM-Rochester plans for Galleria get bigger. (Rochester):
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=289308

Letter: Raise the gas tax. (Winona):
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2007/03/31/opinion/letters/wdn1.txt

Column: Rural Minnesota shouldn't be caught on the wrong side of the
digital divide. (Hutchinson):
http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/node/1835

Editorial (Fritz): [Tilt-A-Whirl] Focus on the real issues.
(International Falls):
http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/node/2379

Editorial: [Smoking] Ban would reach too far. (International Falls):
http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/node/2356

Editorial: E-waste bill. (International Falls):
http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/node/2292