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GOP introduces bill to make English Minnesota’s official language

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By Andy Birkey | 01.10.11 | 3:17 pm

Among the first bills introduced in the Minnesota House this session is one aimed at establishing English as the official language of the state. Republican Reps. Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, David Hancock of Bemidji, Sondra Erickson of Princeton, and Roger Crawford of Mora introduced the bill on Monday.

AM.MN: DFL, GOP pick hopefuls to succeed Day

By Chris Steller | 12.29.09 | 8:00 am

am.mn logoSt. Olaf College physics professor Jason Engbrecht has seen what antimatter can do at the atomic level. DFLers decided Monday to see what Engbrecht, also a Faribault school board member, can do at the next level, endorsing…

Pawlenty’s health care cuts come amid hellish week for hospitals

By Chris Steller | 05.19.09 | 1:32 pm

Ominous news about job losses and financial woes at Minnesota hospitals over the last week coincide with Gov. Pawlenty’s line-item veto of $381 million in General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) grants and his vow to make more cuts by unallotment. But as bad as the doomsday scenarios are, they shouldn’t include St. Paul’s Regions Hospital closing — a prospect that a DFL press release warned of over the weekend.