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G-SL teens grill Minnesota gubernatorial candidates


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A bevy of Minnesota gubernatorial candidates are spending quality face time with a local audience that’s not quite old enough to vote.



MnDOT seeks rail plan comments


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Members of the traveling public, transportation stakeholders, rail providers and local government officials are invited to comment on development of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s 2009 Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan.



Lawmakers, local leaders to meet


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McLeod For Tomorrow is bringing elected and appointed officials together next week to discuss the upcoming 2010 legislative session.



Minnesota unemployment rate falls to 7.3 percent


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The fact that Minnesota's unemployment rate fell 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted 7.3 percent in September doesn’t mean state employers went on a hiring spree last month.



State to release unemployment figures Thursday


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Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Dan McElroy is scheduled to release September unemployment figures for the state during a press conference 9 a.m.



SLIDESHOW: DFL hopefuls invade Biscay


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A slew of Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls were in Biscay Saturday for the McLeod County DFL’s Fall Festival. Everyone but State Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia and former U.S. Sen.

DFL hopefuls invade Biscay

October 5, 2009 - 3:45pm
DFL hopefuls invade Biscay

A slew of Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls were in Biscay Saturday for the McLeod County DFL’s Fall Festival. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak hasn’t officially declared candidacy, but said he is “very likely to be running.” For more on this story, see the Leader's Oct. 6 print edition.



Trail paving advocates meet with Senate committee


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As part of a three-day tour through southwest Minnesota, the state Senate’s capital investment committee met with advocates of asphalt paving for the Luce Line Trail Thursday (Sept. 17).



State identifies $287 million in federal stimulus spending


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The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has spent or made commitments to spend about $287 million in federal stimulus funding, about 92 percent of the $311 million that the agency received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.



Who wants to be guv?

August 5, 2009 - 7:42am
Who wants to be guv?

Four candidates for the Minnesota governor’s seat visited the Meeker County Fair last week to explain their plans for reforming health care and taxes, growing jobs and reducing government’s role. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, said he’s been labeled a conservative, but “I’m dead-set down the middle.”



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