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Capital Chatter: Health care dispute keeps on giving

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House minority leader declared that the U.S. Supreme Court settled “once and for all” the federal health-care law dispute. The state’s senior U.S. senator said the court put “the law above politics.” Yes and no.

By Don Davis , June 29, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Dean's stadium plan a diversion

ST. PAUL — The Dean plan will be an asterisk in the Great Stadium Debate of 2012, but it provided an interesting diversion while Minnesotans awaited a legislative vote about a new Vikings stadium.

By Don Davis , May 04, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Politics mull sports bloggers, columnists

ST. PAUL — Don’t believe everything you read, especially in sports blogs and columns about government issues. That is what some Minnesota politicians say after dealing with Vikings stadium issues for months, or years.

By Don Davis , April 20, 2012

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Capital Chatter: 'Not exactly a pen-pal letter'

ST. PAUL - The end of the 2012 Minnesota Legislature approaches amid strong partisan disagreements. House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, called a recent letter from Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton “snarky.”

By Don Davis , April 13, 2012

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Capital Chatter:Many tribes oppose wolf hunting plan

ST. PAUL — A Mississippi American Indian leader objects to a wolf hunting season that appears near passage in the Minnesota Legislature. She joins several Great Lakes-area tribes in opposing wolf hunting and trapping proposals.

April 06, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Pre-Easter adjournment looks unlikely

ST. PAUL — Many people under the Capitol dome say it feels like the Legislature is in its final days, but more and more it looks like lawmakers will take a break and return April 16 to wrap up work

By Don Davis , March 30, 2012

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Capital Chatter: White Earth casino plan still lingering at Capitol

ST. PAUL — Minnesota legislators talk little about a White Earth Band casino proposal to increase state revenue, but the band leader says she will continue to push it as lawmakers struggle to find money for everything from a stadium to schools.

By Don Davis , March 23, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Bud Grant scores big with Minnesota senators

ST. PAUL — The past week was full of big news under the Minnesota Capitol dome, everything from hundreds of workers protesting a proposal that would make joining unions optional to a sex scandal to the sudden stalling of a stadium construction bill.

By Don Davis , March 16, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Full house expected for right-to-work debate

ST. PAUL — If there ever was a full committee room, it will happen at 8 a.m. Monday in Room 15 of the Capitol when the Senate Judiciary Committee hears a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove a requirement that some workers belong to unions.

By Don Davis , March 09, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Budget debate turns into campaign debate

ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers from both parties signal they plan to use last year’s rough budget debate as foundation for this year’s legislative election campaigns.

By Don Davis , March 02, 2012

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Capital Chatter: 'Iowan' Bachmann refocused on Minnesota

Capital Chatter: 'Iowan' Bachmann refocused on Minnesota ST. PAUL — Michele Bachmann spent the summer and fall in Iowa, hoping to gain traction as a presidential candidate.

By Don Davis , February 24, 2012

Capital Chatter: Bakk demands decision on funding fliers

Capital Chatter: Bakk demands decision on funding fliers ST. PAUL — The Senate’s top Democrat does not believe literature some Republicans handed out at the Feb. 7 precinct caucuses cost just $47. And Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, demands that the Senate Rules Committee take up the matter.

By Don Davis , February 17, 2012

Capital Chatter: Republicans say Dayton rejected appointees, too

ST. PAUL — Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s stinging criticism of Senate Republicans last Monday, saying they are “not fit to govern,” still hurt as the week ended.

By Don Davis , February 03, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Dayton says racino money won't come soon

ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton says if stadium supporters count on racino money, they should not bet on quick money.

By Don Davis , January 20, 2012

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Capital Chatter: Legislature asked for more transparency

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s best-known citizen-lobbyist on open government issues says the Legislature needs to be, as they say around the Capitol, more transparent.

By Don Davis , January 13, 2012

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