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  2. Minnesota Legislature - Wikipedia

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    The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decennial redistricting, members run for one two-year term and two four-year terms each decade.

  3. State governments of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States comprises 50 states: 9 of the Thirteen Colonies that were already part of the United States at the time the Constitution took effect in 1789, 4 that ratified the Constitution after its commencement, plus 37 that have been admitted since by Congress as authorized under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution. [2]

  4. List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties - Wikipedia

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    As of 4th June 2024 NDA have government in 19 States and 1 Union Territories. INDIA bloc have government in 8 States and 2 union Territories. Other one party ZPM, which is not part of any alliance has government in Mizoram state.

  5. Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.

  6. Local government in Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Villages existed in the state prior to the enactment of the Uniform Code of Municipal Government in 1973. [10] Villages were differentiated between "separated" and "unseparated" depending on whether they were considered a part of their town and therefore whether its residents had to pay town taxes and could vote in town elections. [ 1 ]

  7. Comparison of U.S. state and territory governments - Wikipedia

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    Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution tasks the federal government with assuring that each state's government is so organized. [1] All state governments are modeled after the federal government and consist of three branches (although the three-branch structure is not Constitutionally required): executive, legislative ...

  8. Government of Minneapolis - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota was the fourth state in the U.S. to permit "home rule" in 1896. A home rule charter serves as a constitution for a local government. It allows a community to establish and maintain a municipal corporation to provide for the common health, safety, and welfare. [1] Several early attempts to establish a home rule charter in Minneapolis ...

  9. Minnesota Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota's constitution is characterized by a combination of the commonwealth pattern, which emphasizes the philosophical nature of the constitution, and the frame-of-government pattern, which focuses on the structure of state government and the distribution of powers within the state. This is typical of western states in the United States.