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			<title>Persell has DFL opposition</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=73487</link>
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							<![CDATA[ Nicole Beaulieu of Bemidji filed March 4 with the State Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board as a House 4A DFL candidate, forcing a faceoff with Rep.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>A Day at the State Capitol</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=73220</link>
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							<![CDATA[It&rsquo;s always fascinating to journey with a busload of Bemidjians for the annual Bemidji Day at the Capitol lobbying effort.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Collin Peterson battles the EPA</title>
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							<![CDATA[U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:41:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman also school superintendent?</title>
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							<![CDATA[Gov.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Dayton talks about a primary</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=70578</link>
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							<![CDATA[Former U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>The two faces of Tim Pawlenty</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=70216</link>
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							<![CDATA[Bemidji Mayor Richard Lehmann responds in our Friday edition to Gov.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:13:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Dayton takes GOP criticism in stride</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=69057</link>
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							<![CDATA[Former U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:20:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Gaertner goes to DFL primary</title>
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							<![CDATA[Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner threw a monkey wrench into the gubernatorial race on Tuesday by changing her mind about abiding by the DFL endorsement.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:35:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rybak on Indian issues, Vikings stadium</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=67410</link>
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							<![CDATA[Governments of American Indian tribes in Minnesota wield a lot of political power.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:05:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Peterson won&apos;t go after all</title>
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							<![CDATA[U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:19:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Peterson off to Copenhagen, rumors to retire</title>
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							<![CDATA[U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Marketing our state parks?</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=65640</link>
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							<![CDATA[       Normal 0   false false false        MicrosoftInternetExplorer4         /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}  The state wants Minnesotans to use its state parks and trails.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Who will run against Mary Olson?</title>
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							<![CDATA[Just a few weeks shy of entering into another election year, and state Sen.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Bakk talks jobs, not more spending or taxes</title>
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							<![CDATA[State Sen.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:20:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>How much to bond?</title>
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							<![CDATA[The 2010 session of the Minnesota Legislature has one main job to do -- frame a pubilc works capital bonding bill.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>House speaker gets payback</title>
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							<![CDATA[  One needs a program to keep track of the candidates for governor in 2010 -- there's about two dozen in both the DFL and Republican parties.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Six reasons why health reform will fail</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=61942</link>
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							<![CDATA[President Barack Obama wanted major health care reform this summer, but the House Blue Dogs stymied that by pushing it past the August recess -- a time when people flocked to town hall meetings to ask their representatives what in the hell they were doing in D.C.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Bonding bill topic of 2010 session</title>
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							<![CDATA[ The big push for the 2010 legislative session will be a bonding bill.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:35:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Persell to wed</title>
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							<![CDATA[  Rep.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Health care from the front lines</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=59090</link>
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							<![CDATA[Covering health care issues for the newspaper is one thing, looking at them from the front lines is another.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Cap and trade plagues Peterson</title>
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							<![CDATA[  U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Airport samples federal bureaucracy</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=57954</link>
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							<![CDATA[The Bemidji Regional Airport Authority recently experienced what I would call a classic case of federal bureaucracy.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>More nuclear power in Minnesota?</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=57547</link>
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							<![CDATA[The renewable/alternative energy campaign has been geared up for quite some time in Minnesota.]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:10:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Oberstar at odds with Obama</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=57314</link>
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							<![CDATA[U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Oberstar gets Obama blanket</title>
			<link>http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=57145</link>
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							<![CDATA[  U.S.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:13:00 CST</pubDate>
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