Outstate News (4-27-07)
04/27/2007
Huntley/Rukavina/Liebling/Anzelc/Seifert: House OKs statewide smoking
ban, 85-45. (Virginia):
http://www.virginiamn.com/mdn/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=70&story_id=208876
Huntley/Rukavina/Juhnke/Heidgerken/Westrom: Smoking ban gets very
little resistance in Minn. House. (Forum Newspapers):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19428§ion=News
Mahoney/Severson/Buesgens/Gottwalt: Minn. House backs smoking ban -
with smoking rooms for bars. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070426/165938312.shtml
Saxhaug: Proposed Iron Range steelmaking plant could lose state money.
(Duluth):
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=40828§ion=None
Tomassoni/Moua: Senate passes wage pay bill for public assistance
programs. (Virginia):
http://www.virginiamn.com/mdn/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=70&story_id=208877
Ethics of stem cell bill force Skogen to vote no. (Fergus Falls):
http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/2007/apr/26/ethics-stem-cell-bill-force-skogen-vote-no/?local
Solon/Murphy: Restroom access bill is remedy for those who can't wait.
(AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070426/165772467.shtml
Urdahl appointed to conference committee. (Litchfield):
http://www.independentreview.net/node/889
Seifert Column: Is our new state motto 'The Land of Welfare
Opportunities'? (Crookston-Marshall):
http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2007/04/27/opinion/25opin2.txt
Editorial: Seifert's amendments. (Marshall):
http://www.marshallindependent.com/opinion/articles.asp?articleID=12146
Column: [Sviggum] For time being, the joke is on us. (Winona):
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2007/04/27/opinion/ourviews/ourview0426.txt
Skogen Letter: Taxes are not increasing as letter writer said. (Fergus
Falls):
http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/2007/apr/26/taxes-are-not-increasing-letter-writer-said/
Swanson alleges union bullying with organizing effort afoot. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070427/165966899.shtml
Swanson sues Iowa insurance company over senior annuities. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070426/165830933.shtml
Coleman opposes, Klobuchar for Iraq bill. (Bemidji):
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=8474§ion=homepage
Coleman, Walz: Revisit Iraq issue in future. (Mankato):
http://www.mankato-freepress.com/local/local_story_117010153.html
Senate passes bill to pull troops out of Iraq. (AP):
http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19430§ion=news
War's toll concerns Sen. Coleman. (Cambridge):
http://isanticountynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=748&Itemid=59
Walz seeks incentives for science, math teachers. (New Ulm):
http://www.nujournal.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=7047
Report: State must change way natural resources are managed. (AP):
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MN_NATURAL_RESOURCES_MNOL-?SITE=MNROC&SECTION=NATIONAL
Judge says Willmar case `raises some issues' about rights. (AP):
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20070426/165884668.shtml
McElroy Column: Government strives for efficiency. (St. Cloud):
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/OPINION/104270023/1006
Editorial: Iraq veto means ag money fails. (Moorhead):
http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/163874
Editorial: [Stem Cells] Fund your hopes, beliefs with your money, not
others. (Fairmont):
http://www.fairmontsentinel.com/opinion/articles.asp?articleID=4704