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Rows of case files
Officials in 20 Minnesota counties are now using an electronic criminal complaint system called eCharging to move the state's judicial system toward a paperless future. This Friday, April 29, 2011, photograph was taken during a tour of one of two storage rooms in the Clay County courthouse basement.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller
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Tim Pawlenty
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with reporters after a Republican debate in Greenville, S.C. on May 5, 2011.
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Rows of case files
Officials in 20 Minnesota counties are now using an electronic criminal complaint system called eCharging to move the state's judicial system toward a paperless future. This Friday, April 29, 2011, photograph was taken during a tour of one of two storage rooms in the Clay County courthouse basement.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller
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Nan and Mark Lambert
Nan (left) and Mark Lambert share a laugh at a dinner Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the West Wind Supper Club in River Falls, Wis. Nan Lambert said she decided to gather signatures for a petition to recall Wisconsin state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf after the lawmaker voted in support of a budget bill stripping public employees of many collective-bargaining rights.
MPR Photo/Laura Yuen