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Repairing ‘damage’ or perfecting policies? Fix bills take center stage at the Capitol

Here’s a debate under way behind some of the bigger debates at the Minnesota Capitol so far: Do ...

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Minnesota braces for potentially severe wildfire season

Wildfires have already begun burning across Minnesota, and officials are bracing for what could be an especially active ...

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Fear and loathing in a Super Tuesday state: Democrats angry at Biden back him anyway to stop Trump

HOPKINS — Aishah Al-Sehaim laments the 30,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, a grim statistic from a war with ...

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Minnesota posts $3.7 billion budget surplus, with financial pressure on the horizon

Minnesota’s budget picture has brightened in the near term but remains on shakier ground down the road.

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‘Answered their final call’: Mourners honor fallen Burnsville first responders

Friends, family, community leaders and a legion of law enforcement on Wednesday honored fallen Burnsville police officers Matthew ...

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Thousands expected at memorial service for 3 slain Minnesota first responders

ST. PAUL — Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics are expected to pack a Minnesota church ...

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Complaint: Minnesota High School restricts student group entry by race

(The Center Square) – Parents Defending Education filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of ...

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Walz signs his first bill of the 2-week-old legislative session, fixes error to save taxpayers $350M

ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz signed his first bill of the two-week-old 2024 legislative session on Monday, ...

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Walz calls for more resources to prevent opioid overdose deaths, including Naloxone access

At a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis on Monday, Gov. Tim Walz said he wants to put ...

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Spring in February: Temperatures soar across southern Minnesota

Temperatures soared into the 60s and even a few 70s across much of southern Minnesota on Monday — ...

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Proposed ‘Kids Code’ bill aims to prevent predatory data collection

Norring lost her son after he purchased what he thought were Percocet pills online. They turned out to ...

Cops, Courts & Fires

BCA: Man fired ‘without warning’ as Burnsville cops tried to get him to surrender

Police officers inside a Burnsville house early Sunday tried for more than three hours to get Shannon Gooden ...

Cops, Courts & Fires

Man who assaulted four officers during Capitol riot is sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison

WASHINGTON — A Minnesota man who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, wielded a police ...

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EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in 8 Midwest states

DES MOINES, Iowa — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher ...

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Federal judge affirms MyPillow’s Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute

ST. PAUL — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike ...

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