Monday, September 27, 2004

Star Tribune Politics 2004 09/27/2004

Bench mark: Election winner will have lasting impact

With one or more Supreme Court justices inching toward retirement, the November election could reshape the court and dramatically affect laws covering everything from abortion to civil rights to environmental regulation, legal experts say.
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Pawlenty pushes plan to double ethanol in gasoline

Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed today to double the portion of ethanol sold in every gallon of gasoline in the state, from 10 percent to 20 percent.
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Carter says Florida still can't guarantee fair election

Former President Jimmy Carter says that despite changes designed to eliminate voting problems in Florida - where the disputed 2000 presidential election was decided by only a few hundred votes - conditions for a fair election in that state still don't exist.
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Horse race gets even harder to call

During a week in which polls about the presidential race poured mercilessly down on voters' heads, the mother of all polls was released.

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