A house undivided
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Minnesota could join Nebraska to become the second US state to have a single-chamber legislature. Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota, favors the idea, and the citizens of Minnesota could vote on the issue in 2000. One proposal is for a merger of State senate and House in 2002, shedding a third of the legislature compared with two thirds shed in Nebraska. There are supporters and opponents of unicameralism from different political and economic groupings, though some businessmen argue that a unicameralist legislature would be more efficient.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a Canadian-European
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The new president of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberger, left Latvia with her parents when she was seven-years-old, and the family eventually migrated to Canada. She does not speak Russian, and has little knowledge of Latvian politics, and lacks a political base. She was selected as an outsider and may have some advantages due to her outsider status. She is also popular among ethnic Latvians. She speaks five languages so can present a new image to the outside world at a time when Latvia aims to strengthen links with the European Union.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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