AM 1240 WJON » republican legislative leaders http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Republican Leaders Renew Demand For Special Session http://wjon.com/republican-leaders-renew-demand-for-special-session/ http://wjon.com/republican-leaders-renew-demand-for-special-session/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:54:46 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=19904 Republican legislative leaders are renewing their demand that Gov. Mark Dayton call a special session to pass budget bills that would prevent - or at least soften the pain of - a government shutdown in four days.

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]]> http://wjon.com/republican-leaders-renew-demand-for-special-session/feed/ 0 iStockPhoto From Capitol To TV, Ads Tackle Minnesota Budget Mess http://wjon.com/from-capitol-to-tv-ads-tackle-minnesota-budget-mess/ http://wjon.com/from-capitol-to-tv-ads-tackle-minnesota-budget-mess/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:49:37 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=17866 Those campaign-style TV commercials clogging Minnesota's airwaves are brought to you by the budget stalemate at the state Capitol. It used to be that political ads were mostly confined to election years. But the simmering dispute over taxes and spending between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders have inspired interest groups on both sides to take to the airwaves anew.

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