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Anoka-Hennepin lawsuit spurs petition, tough settlement talks

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By Andy Birkey | 08.24.11 | 10:40 am

The Anoka-Hennepin School District and lawyers for six students who sued the district over bullying began talks this week in an attempt to reach a settlement. While those talks were underway, the Parents Action League submitted a petition to the school board urging it not to budge on a policy that limits discussion of LGBT issues in the schools. And PAL came under scrutiny by other parents who questioned the group’s ties to the Minnesota Family Council.

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Klobuchar launches filibuster reform effort

By Andy Birkey | 01.04.11 | 12:39 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar is a part of a movement in the Senate to reform the use of the filibuster, and together with Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York she’s circulating a petition urging changes to the Senate rules.

ACORN hits Bachmann back with petition of its own

By Andy Birkey | 06.11.09 | 8:36 am

Bachmann ACORNDays after Rep. Michele Bachmann launched a petition against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN is shooting back with a petition of its own.
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Secretary of State’s Office: Playing politics or merely incompetent?

By Leigh Pomeroy | 08.24.06 | 11:37 pm

We still haven’t heard the reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s decision in Louis H. Reiter vs. Mary Kiffmeyer, the case involving the Gutknecht petition in lieu of paying a filing fee. Buried deep within the documents the Court considered,…

Mr. Gutknecht: Making taxpayers pay your filing fee does not make you a “fiscal conservative”

By Leigh Pomeroy | 08.23.06 | 9:11 pm

The perhaps now infamous DFL lawsuit against Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer alleging she improperly accepted signatures on a candidate’s petition in lieu of paying a filing fee is now over. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in

Gutknecht responds to being served

By Leigh Pomeroy | 08.21.06 | 4:35 pm

Shock but not awe
“A funny thing happened to me a week ago,” writes Rep. Gil Gutknecht in an article published in the Winona Daily News, Sunday, August 20.