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Apr. 14, 2005
Minnesotans can no longer carry concealed guns in the state after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled it unconstitutional Tuesday.
Apr. 13, 2005
Frank Douma, a research fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, said he takes the Hiawatha light rail line and connects with the route 74 bus to get to his home in the Highland Park area of St. Paul.
Apr. 12, 2005
Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the state bonding bill Monday, sending some construction crews to work after a nearly one-year delay.
Apr. 08, 2005
Whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or straight, thousands of Minnesotans rallied Thursday at the State Capitol to support same-sex marriages.
Apr. 08, 2005
Chants of "2, 4, 6, 8, down with violence, down with rape!" resounded through Uptown from participants of the annual Take Back the Night event Wednesday.
Apr. 07, 2005
Her Elvis collection and family pictures surrounding her, 73-year-old Joan Peterson got her blood pressure and heartbeat checked by a nurse in the comfort of her home Wednesday.
Apr. 05, 2005
A bill that would allow Minnesotans to vote on a same-sex marriage ban passed Thursday on the State House floor, raising questions on campus about what the climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people could be like in the future.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dan Severson, R-Sauk Rapids, and Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, would define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, if voters pass it.
Apr. 01, 2005
University graduate student Michael Corbett said that he takes Interstate Highway 394 east from St. Louis Park, Minn., on his way to the University, usually between 8:30 and 9 a.m.
Traffic is slow, especially in the lane to merge on to Interstate Highway 94, he said. He takes I-94 to the University, but if traffic is backed up, he goes through downtown.
Mar. 31, 2005
Ashtrays filled up fast, and lighters sparked incessantly in hazy, smoke-filled Stub & Herbs on Wednesday as patrons marked the last night of smoking in local bars and restaurants.
It's officially over. Smoking in bars and restaurants in Minneapolis, Bloomington, Minn., and Hennepin County is banned
beginning today.
Mar. 29, 2005
University forest resources employee Colleen O'Connor said an elm tree provided her St. Paul house and yard with shade and free air conditioning for the 20 years she has lived there.
Mar. 28, 2005
It appears the last cigarettes smoked in Hennepin County bars and restaurants will be extinguished March 31, after a county judge denied a request Friday to at least temporarily halt the new law.
Mar. 23, 2005
Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., has four years down and two to go.
Dayton, who announced last month that he won't run for re-election, has little time to accomplish what he set out to do when he was elected.
Mar. 22, 2005
Taxi cab driver Liban Bile said he pays $75 each day in service fees to Green and White Taxi to cover things from insurance to radio communication. He also pays for the
gas for his taxi cab, which he owns.
Mar. 22, 2005
University technical and clerical workers joined approximately 1,000 union members from throughout the state to lobby March 16 at the State Capitol.
Mar. 21, 2005
Bahij Austin said he doesn't plan on getting married anytime soon. But, he said, he would like the option.
Austin, a 2003 University alumnus, is gay. He said he might want to get married to someone of the same sex someday.
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