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Bigger media weighs in on access issues at the Minnesota House

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.10.09 | 12:21 pm

A group of online media outlets — including Checks & Balances, Radio Free Nation, the Minnesota Independent, The UpTake, Twin Cities Daily Planet and others — have been pressing the Minnesota House of Representatives to change rules…

Online media access to state House falls prey to ‘procedural gimmicks’

By Chris Steller | 02.24.09 | 3:39 pm

A noble debate on the virtues of freedom of the press and open government it was not. A hearing on a proposed rule change to allow online media workers press access to the state House of Representatives, which was scheduled at the last minute, ended just as abruptly today — before it started, in fact.