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• Council moves closer to theater deal, but concerns remain
  The Minneapolis City Council is one step away from handing off the city's three historic theaters: The State, the Pantages, and the Orpheum. On Tuesday, two committees reviewed a deal negotiated between city staff and a three-part team dominated by entertainment conglomerate Clear Channel.April 6, 2005
• Committee deadline passes, but stadium bills still alive
  Tuesday marks the first committee deadline of the 2005 legislative session. Bills had to clear all the necessary policy committees in either the House or the Senate by the end of the day. Those that don't face much tougher odds of survival, and that includes two stadium proposals that haven't even had a hearing.April 5, 2005
• AG's office says casino plan is unconstitutional
  Attorney General Mike Hatch says that Gov. Pawlenty's plan to open a new Twin Cities casino with three northern Minnesota Indian tribes is probably unconstitutional the way it's written, because it calls for the state lottery to run the casino.March 30, 2005
• Mental health care missing for most Minnesota children who need it
  Most young people in this country who need mental health treatment aren't getting it. A Minnesota study says less than a third of the state's children are getting the mental health care they need. The experts say there aren't enough mental health care workers and health care companies aren't making mental health a priority.March 29, 2005
• TCF wins U stadium naming rights
  The University of Minnesota has signed a $35 million, 25-year deal with TCF Financial Corp., giving the company naming rights for an on-campus football stadium. The proposed $235 million facility would be called "TCF Bank Stadium."March 24, 2005
• Clean water at a price
  While it's tough to find anyone who opposes the idea of having clean water, the question of how much people should pay for it is a little more controversial. The state of Minnesota is considering what's called the Clean Water Legacy Act. It would impose fees on homeowners and businesses to pay for cleaning up the states water supply. But some people say while they support the concept they don't like the fee structure.March 21, 2005
• Senate Democrats propose budget deficit fix
  In a departure from the traditional budget process, Senate Democrats proposed a plan Monday to erase the state's projected $466 million budget deficit. The plan is unusual because it deals only with the deficit, and is silent on major spending priorities.March 21, 2005
• Minneapolis lawmakers blame state budget cuts for renewed violence
  Legislators who represent Minneapolis are calling for the restoration of state aid to cities, saying the funding cuts are one reason violent crime is on the rise in Minneapolis.March 16, 2005
• Northern tribal members not convinced about casino
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for a state-tribal casino has launched a high-profile debate in the Legislature. But members of the three northern tribes involved in the deal are also raising questions about whether they can trust the state, and whether they'll give up more than they'll gain.March 15, 2005
• With smaller deficit, Pawlenty recommends more school aid
  Schools would get a bigger bump in the per-student aid allowance as part of a revised budget plan Gov. Tim Pawlenty laid out Thursday. The governor did not add any more money to health care programs.March 10, 2005
• MinnesotaCare's creators say Pawlenty's plan hurts
  The lawmakers who created MinnesotaCare in the early 1990s say Gov. Pawlenty's proposal to cut back the program to help balance the budget is the wrong idea. They say it's the only health insurance option that the working poor can afford, and cutting it will increase overall health care costs.March 10, 2005
• Latest Canterbury casino plan promises more slots, profits
  The owners of Canterbury Park are raising the stakes in the gambling expansion debate at the Capitol. The horse track and card club in Shakopee Wednesday released a plan to add 3,000 slot machines and 40 black jack tables to the existing facility. In exchange, the state would get a share of the profits.March 9, 2005
• Pawlenty, tribal leaders unveil casino proposal
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty toured the state Friday with officials from three Minnesota Indian tribes to pitch a state-tribal partnership for a new casino in the Twin Cities metro area. But the plan immediately came in for harsh criticism from the state's other eight Indian tribes and some lawmakers.March 4, 2005
• House drops northern projects from bonding bill; was it political payback?
  House and Senate lawmakers began meeting this week to hammer out a bonding plan for some of the state's biggest building projects. Folks in northern Minnesota are upset that some of the projects they support were cut out of the House bonding bill.March 3, 2005
• Bush names Negroponte as first national intelligence director
  President Bush on Thursday named John Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and currently the administration's top representative in Iraq, to be America's first national intelligence director.February 17, 2005

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