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Your guide to the precinct caucuses
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If you plan to attend your Precinct Caucus for the first time, congratulations for committing a few hours to be a citizen active in the electoral process!
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Edwards goes down swinging
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In what turned out to be the final rally of his 2008 presidential campaign, John Edwards urged Minnesota voters Tuesday night to take their country back from the "monied, entrenched interests in Washington that are literally stealing your democracy."
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Unions lament Edwards’ departure from presidential race
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Unions supporting Democrat John Edwards\’ candidacy for the presidency lamented his departure from the race Wednesday.
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Edwards to speak at Carpenters hall tonight
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Presidential candidate John Edwards will speak at 7 p.m. today, (Tuesday, Jan. 29) in a free event at the Carpenters hall in St. Paul.
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Edwards draws crowd at Carpenters union hall
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A crowd of more than 1,200 packed the Carpenters union hall Tuesday to hear Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards — one week before Minnesotans go to their party caucuses as part of the Feb. 5 "Super Tuesday."
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Working Minnesotans are worse off than they were seven years ago
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As President Bush delivers his final State of the Union address and Congress considers an economic stimulus package, local leaders presented a very sobering picture of the challenges facing many Minnesotans.
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Minneapolis labor council to host Congressional candidate forum
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Candidates for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for Minnesota\’s Third Congressional District seat will face off at a candidate forum Thursday, Jan, 31, hosted by the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council.
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Two major unions endorse Franken for Senate
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Education Minnesota, the state\’s largest labor union, and Operating Engineers Local 49, a major Building Trades union, have endorsed Al Franken in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
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Congress returns with economy topping agenda
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"It\’s the economy, stupid." That 1992 campaign slogan by Bill Clinton might be the theme as the Democratic-run 110th Congress returns to work.
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Legislators grill Pawlenty administration about long waits for jobless benefits
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Emotions ran high at a legislative hearing Monday where laidoff workers described the hardship of waiting several weeks to receive unemployment benefits – and administrators attempted to account for the failures of a new, more highly automated system.