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GOP urges amendment while Pawlenty retreats
Even as three Republican state legislators are pushing for a potential constitutional showdown to sidestep a federal health care overhaul, Gov. Tim Pawlenty is backing off from such a move.
Pawlenty backs off on constitutional health care gambit
Even as three Republican state legislators are pushing for a potential constitutional showdown to sidestep a federal health care overhaul, Gov. Tim Pawlenty is backing off from such a move.
Pot fight on ballot? That’s their plan
Medical marijuana supporters, who finally pushed legislation onto the governor's desk in Minnesota only to see the bill vetoed, are preparing for an even bigger task next year: ensuring the right of the sick and dying to smoke marijuana by writing it into the state's constitution.
6 of 26: Conservatives Lost Big on Ballot Measures While Progressives Made Significant Gains
The win record for conservatives this year is paltry -right-wing backers won only 23% of what they conceptualized and supported, and they failed to qualify even all that was attempted.
Milwaukee Could Become Third City to Pass Paid Sick Leave
coalition of health, religious, education, labor and women's groups will deliver petitions with the signatures of tens of thousands of city residents to put a paid sick days initiative on the November ballot. If passed, Milwaukee would join Washington, D.C., and San Francisco as cities who have enacted a paid sick days requirement for their local employers.
