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It has become quite obvious in recent days that loyal service just isn't rewarded within the legislature anymore. As recently as a handful of years ago, long-tenured legislators and officials would be shown the public's appreciation through pompous public ceremonies and the occasional backroom smorgasbord of hookers and blow. But Lindsey Lohan's rates have gone through the roof, and tight budgets have reduced the budget for recreational pharmaceuticals in the Senate to almost nil. As a

Whoa. Sarah Janecek’s Politics in Minnesota newsletter sure lobbed one into the Strib newsroom late Friday. In a Weekly Report item entitled “MnDOT Under Seige: The Star Tribune’s Agenda,” Janecek writes that MnDOT personnel are getting pretty fed up with certain pushy, expletive-spewing Strib reporters.