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Season's Greetings
function holidays() { javascript:mywindow=window.open('http://archive.stateline.org/flash-data/xmascards.swf','mywindow','width=800,height=700,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,toolbar=no,resizable=no');mywindow.focus();screen_height = window.screen.availHeight; screen_width = window.screen.availWidth; left_point = parseInt(screen_width/2)-(800/2); top_point = parseInt(screen_height/2)-(700/2); setTimeout('mywindow.moveTo(left_point,top_point)',100);void(0); } For a holiday treat, Stateline.org presents a gallery of governors' greeting cards: from hand-painted pictures by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) to a recipe from outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R). Tour the interactive card gallery and learn more by reading the story.more -
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Minnesota Gov Fears GOP Backlash
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Two years ago, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was seen as a rising star in the Republican Party. Now he's in the political fight of his life, in danger of losing his seat to Attorney General Mike Hatch of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.more -
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Nine States Hold Primaries Today
Voters in nine states participate in primaries today, with some of the most closely watched races for state office taking place in Arizona, Minnesota and Wisconsin, where gubernatorial and attorney general races will be decided.more -
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Democrats Have Edge in Statehouse Races
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Democrats are likely to make gains in state legislative races this year, but it's a toss-up whether the seats they win will be enough to overtake control of a handful of narrowly divided statehouses, a panel of election experts said at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual conference here.more -
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State DOTs Hope Drivers See Dots
Test programs in Maryland, Minnesota and Pennsylvania aim to curb tailgating by using road markers that alert motorists to distances between vehicles. The markers serve as a tangible reminder of commonly taught driving guidelines such as the "two-second rule," which urges drivers to stay at least two seconds behind the car ahead. more
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Mumps outbreak tests pandemic plans
State officials in the Midwest are using an outbreak of mumps to test emergency health plans. The real-life exercise is critical for health officials, who have struggled to ready their systems for a possible flu pandemic in the near future.more -
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Minnesota State of the State Address 2006
St. Paul, Minn., March 9 -- Following is the full prepared text of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's (R) 2006 State of the State Address. Click here to access the governor's web page and hear the address. Not far from here is a St. Paul city park called "Swede Hollow." For decades it was a disadvantaged area of the city. There w
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State Lawmakers Bag Online Hunting
Lawmakers in 11 states jumped on the bandwagon to outlaw online hunting this year, and California may soon do the same. Why all the fuss? It's over a single website that briefly offered Internet users a chance this spring to shoot live animals on a Texas ranch and that netted a single customer. more
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Budget Deadline Looms Large in 10 States
The clock is ticking in 10 states that still have not adopted budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with an eleventh-hour showdown threatening a partial government shutdown in Minnesota. Some - but not all - of those states are expected to wrap up their budget process this week. more
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Minnesota State of the State Address 2005
ROCHESTER, Minnesota - Jan. 18 - Following is the text of Gov. Timothy Pawlenty's 2005 state of the state address: At 1:00 this morning, a dozen huge garage doors behind me flew open and this facility came alive as more than 15,000 blood and tissue samples began arriving from across the country and
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