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• FEMA declares 3 more counties eligible for assistance
  Federal Emergency Management Agency officials hit the ground Friday talking with people affected by the flash floods in southeastern Minnesota. Winona, Fillmore and Houston counties got declared federal disaster areas late Thursday. Gov. Pawlenty says FEMA has now declared Olmsted, Steele and Wabasha counties eligible for additional federal assistance. FEMA officials say that could be expanded to a full disaster declaration later.August 24, 2007
• Embattled Mandernach quits Health Department post
  DFL legislators called for her resignation in June after her department acknowledged it waited a year before releasing details on the cancer deaths of 35 miners on the Iron Range.August 22, 2007
• Flooding adds to pressure for a special session
  State Sen. Dick Day, R-Owatanna, says damage from floods in southeastern Minnesota is yet another reason to hold a special session of the legislature this year. He spoke with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.August 21, 2007
• Wisconsin lawmakers approve tuition deal with Minnesota
  The deal reached in June allows students to get in-state rates, even if they attend college across the border. It evens out the amount of money both states devote to the effort. Minnesota officials had approved the arrangement in June.August 16, 2007
• Other states' experiences inform debate over bridge rebuild timeline
  State lawmakers weighed in on the design of the new I-35W bridge at a joint legislative hearing Wednesday. A large part of the hearing focused on the accelerated timeline of the rebuild.August 15, 2007
• Minneapolis budget to refocus on roads and bridges
  Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says the I-35W bridge collapse is a reminder that the city needs to spend more on maintaining its roads, bridges and sidewalks.August 15, 2007
• Oberstar proposes trust fund for aging bridges
  The trust fund would be modeled on the federal Highway Trust Fund, which pays for building and repairing roads and bridges through a gasoline tax.August 8, 2007
• Rebuild may begin in September
  The push to rebuild the I-35W bridge is on the "fastest of fast tracks" with the hopes that the new bridge will be built by the end of next year. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation are accepting applications from companies that intend to bid on the job through Wednesday morning at 6.August 7, 2007
• Children's health insurance in the balance
  Congress is preparing to debate how to expand federal health insurance coverage for children, despite a threatened presidential veto. The debate over the bills so far is another example of how bipartisanship has splintered in the U.S. House and Senate.Midmorning, July 31, 2007
• St. Louis County considers a split
  There's a renewed effort to split St. Louis County, Minnesota's largest, into two. Some northern county residents may want to go their own way, leaving Duluth and its metropolitan region on its own.July 30, 2007
• Medical diplomacy
  Tommy Thompson, former secretary of Health and Human Services, and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, discusses an idea he calls "medical diplomacy" in a speech at this month's Aspen Ideas Festival. Thompson explains how this approach could help America improve its standing in the world.Midday, July 26, 2007
• Stadium site hearing wraps up; decision on value coming shortly
  The month-long condemnation hearing over the Twins ballpark land in downtown Minneapolis has wrapped up, as both sides gave their final pitches to a three-member panel with their estimates of how much the eight-acre site is worth.July 25, 2007
• Locals praise, and question, Lake Vermilion state park proposal
  As state officials lead a tour of what could become Minnesota's newest state park, the DNR and some local officials are excited about the idea. But it's far from a sure thing.July 20, 2007
• Jackson Project residents celebrate 70 years
  People in Hermantown are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Jackson Project, a back-to-the-land village built during the Great Depression.July 19, 2007
• Medicare to cut payments to doctors
  Medicare plans to cut physician payments 10 percent on Jan. 1, 2008. According to a new American Medical Association survey, 60 percent of doctors say the cut will force them to limit the number of Medicare patients they actually serve.July 18, 2007

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