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States boost sleep safety standards for day cares
Iowa City :: IA :: USA | 4 days ago
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Wrapped in a fuzzy blanket, Morgan Mueller's eyelids droop as she snuggles with day care provider Melissa Lawwell. When it's time to lay the 10-month-old infant down for her afternoon nap, Lawwell takes away the blanket and lays her in an empty white-
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Sanimax plans to build biogas plant in South St. Paul
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 24 days ago
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Sanimax, an animal rendering and waste oil processor in South St. Paul , says it plans to build a $30 million bioenergy plant there to produce methane from food waste. The facility called SaniGreen Bioenergy , a partnership with Green Energy Partners
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Legislature sends Dayton $15.7 billion education funding budget
Saint Paul :: Canada | 1 month ago
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The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a school funding bill that boosts education spending in a number of areas...The House signed off on the bill hours earlier in a 2 a.m. vote...The $15.7 billion budget bill amounts to more than 40 percent of
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Legal Aid fights to close the 'justice gap' for society's most vulnerable
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 month ago
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Cathy Haukedahl, a veteran Minnesota deputy attorney general and business lawyer at Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, was a longtime volunteer at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid before she joined the nonprofit as deputy director in 2002...She's spent a lot of
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N.D. billboards meant to attract Minnesota consumers
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 1 month ago
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North Dakota is promoting its business climate at Minnesota's expense, and some politicians east of the Red River are not happy about it. The Greater North Dakota Chamber has started a campaign that mocks proposals in the Minnesota Legislature,
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Time erodes as Minn. lawmakers polish budget plan
Saint Paul :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Pressed for time, the Minnesota Legislature faced increasing urgency Thursday to start sending Gov. Mark Dayton the bills that make up the two-year, $37 billion state budget. Democrats running the Capitol have a late Monday deadline to pass the
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Minnesota Senate Clears Way for Same-Sex Marriage
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Jim Mone/Associated Press Hundreds of people gathered in the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, singing, waving signs and shouting loud enough to be heard inside the Senate chamber as the debate went on before the vote on same-sex marriage. The State
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Millions of dollars' worth of projects await Minnesota Legislature's vote on bonding bill
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 month ago
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Across Minnesota, communities are watching the Legislature, and waiting. They have roads they'd like to widen, sewer lines to dig, new parks and trails to plan, and construction cranes hovering over the sites of hoped-for civic centers and campus
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Background checks supporters begin radio ad
Brooklyn Center :: MN :: USA | 1 month ago
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The fight over gun violence, currently stalled in the Legislature, will reappear this week in a radio ad. Protect Minnesota, a gun-control organization supporting bills that would extending background checks to some or all private sales, will begin
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New ad urges Minnesota lawmakers to approve same-sex marriage
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 month ago
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The group pushing for same-sex marriage in Minnesota is releasing a new television advertisement pressing state legislators to pass the measure. The ad features former state Rep. John Kriesel, a Republican and an Iraq War veteran injured in combat.
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