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A bill authored by Rep. Betty McCollum passed the U.S. House on Wednesday after being included in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. It’d work to end child marriage by increasing State Department staffing on the issue and direct the federal government to create a strategy to work with other countries to decrease the incidence of [...]

A pair of bills advancing quickly through the Minnesota Legislature would allow seriously ill Minnesotans to use medical marijuana to alleviate pain. The Senate bill passed a key Senate committee on Tuesday afternoon, and on Wednesday morning the companion bill passed the House Civil Justice Committee without any dissenting votes. Each bill faces at least [...]

How do candidates seeking the DFL endorsement in the 3rd Congressional District differ on their approaches to the war in Iraq?

Minnesota Monitor’s Eric Black will be moderating a candidates’ forum about war and peace on Tuesday, December 10, with CD3 contenders Terri Bonoff, James Hovland, and Ashwin Madia. Sponsored by the Third District Peace Campaign, [...]

This is the first of a series of Bill Spotlights, highlighting bills introduced in the 2007 legislative session.
The office of Lieutenant Governor would be eliminated under a proposed Constitutional Amendment introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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