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Local issues find way into Senate

May 8, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

Sen. Weber talks ice storm cleanup, biotech center, gay marriageWORTHINGTON Sen. Bill Weber will help push for state aid to cities affected by the April ice storm. Continue Reading

Manufacturing is hot career choice, notes Klobuchar

February 26, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

It was hard to tell who was more excited Friday: Douglas Machine leaders who escorted U.S. Senator Amy Kloubchar through the company’s facilities or Klobuchar, who was impressed with what she learned. Continue Reading

Sen. Heitkamp visits Head Start

January 16, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

Head Start/Early Head Start director Sharon Hanson, left, discusses some of the issues her program has with the influx of people coming to the area due to the oil boom with U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., on Wednesday. Continue Reading

From ‘cleanup girl’ to senator: Heitkamp talks of working class roots, large family

December 15, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS There is pride in Heidi Heitkamp’s eyes and voice as she talks about working construction as a teenager and tough summer jobs while a University of North Dakota student in the 1970s. Continue Reading

ND senator proposes fracking legislation

September 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven announced Tuesday he will introduce this week new hydraulic fracturing legislation that would give states more power to regulate energy development. Continue Reading

Lyle Koenen sworn in as District 20 senator

April 18, 2012 in West Central Tribune

Lyle Koenen took the oath to become a Minnesota state senator Wednesday, taking the seat vacated with the death of veteran lawmaker Gary Kubly. Continue Reading

Longtime Minnesota GOP senator retiring, cites frustration with partisanship

April 13, 2012 in West Central Tribune

ST. PAUL A senior Republican state senator says she’ll leave the Minnesota Legislature after this term, citing frustration with deepened partisan divides at the Capitol.
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Funeral of Senator Gary Kubly

March 7, 2012 in West Central Tribune

The funeral of Senator Gary Kubly takes place at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, Minn, on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Continue Reading

Former state Sen. Gary DeCramer has died

March 7, 2012 in West Central Tribune

ST. PAUL A former state senator who served southwest Minnesota died Wednesday while on a trip to Morris. Continue Reading

Kubly remembered as a kind and passionate man and legislator

March 4, 2012 in West Central Tribune

WILLMAR The death of Sen. Gary Kubly over the weekend will leave a deep and somber void in the heart of west central Minnesota’s agricultural region and in the hearts of the people he served and the people who knew him.
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