“Somebody got itchy, that’s all I’ve got to say.”
I have a hunch about what happened here but I’m interested in hearing from military readers. Is this SOP when the SecDef or some other bigwig comes to speak to you at a base? CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta landed here Wednesday morning
The redistricting debate in Minnesota will heat up this week with the release of the official census population counts for all the neighborhoods, cities and counties in the state.
The U.S. Census Bureau has been rolling out the population figures used to set Congressional districts for several weeks, and more than 40 states have already received them.
Minnesota won’t lose any of its eight seats in the U.S. House, but many boundaries will have to change because by law they must have roughly equal populations.
Base on unofficial state projections, the fast-growing suburban districts of Republican Reps. Michelle Bachman and John Kline must contract.
At the same time, new neighborhoods must be brought into the shrinking Twin Cities districts represented by Democratic Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison.
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