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Legislative notebook: Senate passes smaller minimum wage
By Don Davis The Minnesota Senate voted 39-28 Wednesday to approve a minimum wage far lower than the House and governor favor. Senators approved raising the hourly minimum wage to $7.75 an hour in two...
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Sieben: Back to majority, now in leadership

Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol — and into a Senate majority that she will now help lead.

By Scott Wente , November 15, 2012

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Senate Democratic leader names committee chairmen

Incoming Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk has announced who will lead committees for the next four years.

By Don Davis , November 15, 2012

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Sieben to lead Minnesota Senate elections panel

Sieben to lead Minnesota Senate elections panel Sen. Katie Sieben will help decide what election changes Minnesota sees in the coming years.

By Scott Wente , November 15, 2012

Schoen: Legislative control is 'heavy burden' for DFL

Republicans pulled out a surprising win in south Washington County in 2010 en route to claiming control of the Minnesota Legislature, but the political pendulum swung the other way locally and statewide just two years later.

By Scott Wente , November 14, 2012

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After ballot defeats, a piecemeal approach planned for Cottage Grove park improvements

With voters on Election Day delivering a sizable defeat to a pair of ballot questions that proposed sweeping park and recreation enhancements, Cottage Grove officials say the city will now fall back on a long-term plan to complete piecemeal park improvements over the next decade.

November 13, 2012

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Voter turnout in south Washington County above state rate

Washington County had a higher voter turnout rate last week than the overall state rate.

By Scott Wente , November 13, 2012

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Sieben joins DFL majority leadership

Sieben joins DFL majority leadership The No. 2 spot in the Senate went to Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Cottage Grove.

By Don Davis , November 09, 2012

Katie Sieben picked as Senate deputy leader; Sen. Tom Bakk to be majority leader

Sen. Tom Bakk will be the Minnesota Senate’s leader and Sen. Katie Sieben of Cottage Grove will be the deputy leader.

By Don Davis , November 08, 2012

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Sieben wins re-election in Senate District 54; Quinlan says voters chose 'career politician'

Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol – and to a Senate controlled again by her fellow Democrats.

By Scott Wente , November 07, 2012

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Cottage Grove voters turn away park referendums

Cottage Grove voters roundly rejected a pair of ballot questions Tuesday that proposed to borrow millions of dollars to pay for wide-ranging improvements to the city’s park system.

November 07, 2012

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Peterson, Olsen re-elected to Cottage Grove City Council

Voters returned a pair of incumbents to the Cottage Grove City Council on Tuesday, re-electing council members Justin Olsen and Jen Peterson to a second term on the five-person board.

November 07, 2012

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Democrats take control of Minnesota Legislature

Democrats will control Minnesota’s Legislature for the next two years, with a governor of their party on their side.

By Don Davis , November 07, 2012

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Bailey wins big in bid for second term as Cottage Grove mayor

Bailey wins big in bid for second term as Cottage Grove mayor Cottage Grove Mayor Myron Bailey scored a resounding victory on Election Day, garnering more than 50 percent of the vote in a crowded field of candidates and confirming support, he said, for the direction in which he has led the city.

November 07, 2012

Kline, McCollum, Klobuchar among Congress winners; Cravaack ousted

Democrat Rick Nolan upset Cravaack in a razor-thin win, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar breezed to an easy re-election victory Tuesday and most U.S. House members from Minnesota won.

By Don Davis , November 07, 2012

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Minnesota becomes first state to reject constitutional gay-marriage ban

Since a state law remains on the books, the vote does not automatically allow same-sex weddings. However, with a newly elected Democratic-Farmer-Laborite Legislature and governor, the subject is bound to be debated when lawmakers take office in January.

By Don Davis , November 07, 2012

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