MADISON - Republicans abruptly shut off debate before a dramatic vote approving a bill that requires women seeking an abortion first have an ultrasound performed.
MADISON - A Republican-backed bill that would require a woman seeking an abortion in Wisconsin to see her unborn child via ultrasound is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday.
ST. PAUL - Democrats who lead the Minnesota Senate are predicting victory for a measure that would make the state the 12th in the nation to allow gay marriage.
ST. PAUL - Extra security officers are patrolling Minnesota's Capitol as the House debates the legalizing gay marriage before what is shaping up as a large crowd of spectators.
ST. PAUL, Minn. AP - A father is accusing a St. Paul charter school of violating his six-grade daughter's right to free speech after administrators prohibited her from passing out anti-abortion fliers.
HINCKLEY - The chief political group opposed to legal gay marriage in Minnesota is taking its case on the road with a series of greater Minnesota rallies.
