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The Senate bill mirrors Gov. Mark Dayton's health and human services proposal, but it's vastly different from a Republican-backed House funding bill that would make about $1 billion in cuts to health and human services programs.
Should birth certificate information be public?
Supporters of the measure say it's aimed at protecting parents from being bombarded with mailings after their child is born. But critics say the measure rolls back a law that has been on the books for more than a century.
Dayton says he won't negotiate until lawmakers get serious about education funding, and he says a GOP plan to cut aid to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth is "totally absurd."