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	Title	Issue
	Humane Society brings post-season lawsuit against region’s wolf hunts With Minnesota’s first modern-day wolf hunt recently in the books, animals rights groups wasted no time in filing a federal lawsuit By Tim Spielman Associate Editor	February 2013
	Ex-DNR worker Hunt charged; Duluth city attorney to prosecute A DNR middle manager illegally accessed driver’s license data belonging to thousands of Minnesota women By Steve Karnowski Associated Press	February 2013
	Former Enforcement employee behind data breach at DNR The DNR last week identified the former employee responsible for wrongfully accessing thousands of people’s driver’s license data as John A. Hunt By Joe Albert Associate Editor	January 2013
	Dayton unveils budget proposal Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday unveiled his budget proposal, setting the stage for the remainder of the legislative session. By Joe Albert Associate Editor	January 2013
	State legislative auditor probing DNR data breach Minnesota’s legislative auditor said last Friday that he’s investigating a data privacy breach at the DNR in which an employee accessed the driving or motor vehicle records of about 5,000 people without authorization. By Steve Karnowski Associated Press	January 2013
	License fee hikes kick in March 1 A license fee hike long sought by the Minnesota DNR, as well as with some of the state’s conservation groups, became reality last legislative session. By Tim Spielman Associate Editor	January 2013
	DNR: Former agency employee inappropriately accessed data The driver’s license and motor vehicle data of about 5,000 people was improperly accessed by a DNR employee who no longer is with the agency, the DNR reported earlier this week. By Joe Albert Associate Editor	January 2013
	2012 Year in Review As 2012 draws to a close, Minnesota sportsmen and women can look back on a year that saw their hunting and fishing license prices increase, but harvest levels for several species of game decrease. By Rob Drieslein Editor	January 2013
	Hunting, fishing still big business in U.S. USFWS releases final version of national survey of sportsmen By Tim Spielman Associate Editor	December 2012
	BWSR unveils state wetland report The Board of Water and Soil Resources has released the final version of a report that evaluates wetland regulation and conservation policies in the state By Joe Albert Associate Editor	December 2012