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Minn. officials seek new powers to catch, prevent child-care fraud

Program for low-income families could get closer monitoring for overbilling, kickbacks.
  • Lawmakers debate snow-day relief as hourly school workers worry about pay
  • Shared parenting fight returns to Minn. Capitol
Business

Winter wiped out 9,000 Minn. jobs, may signal a bigger turn

  • Number of top income tax filers continues to rise in Minnesota
Crews erected an earthen levy to be topped with sheeting and sandbags.
Local

Flood watchers get bird's-eye view of rising Minnesota River

  • Paul Douglas: The 2019 spring melt is on
Business

750,000 Medtronic defibrillators are vulnerable to hacking

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Senior care facilities brace to lose Liberian immigrant workers

  • Rep. Ilhan Omar meets with DED holders in New Hope
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Towns moves up scoring list but Wolves lose 9th straight road game
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Source: Sherels agrees to deal with Saints
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Minneapolis attorney who questioned legality of taxation found guilty of failing to pay his taxes
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Pedestrian fatally hit by vehicle on Kellogg Boulevard was North St. Paul man
March 21

President Donald Trump held up an executive order he signed Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condit
Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
President Donald Trump held up an executive order he signed Thursday requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants.

Minn. colleges say they already comply with free-speech order

Some local higher education officials voiced skepticism that the order will have much of an impact.
  • Trump orders colleges to back free speech or lose funding
  • Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes
  • US abruptly endorses Israel's Golan sovereignty in big shift
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has six days to scratch out 11 names from the clubhouse and get the roster to 25.
Sports

It's complicated: Many variables play into Twins final roster cuts

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  • Poll: Which new Twins position player is your favorite addition?
Gophers coach Richard Pitino directs his team during Thursday's first-round game against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament.
Sports

Souhan: Pitino downplayed the past and may have secured his future

12:12am
  • Pitino following Tubby Smith's script so far -- but ending feels different
Brad Hardin, took a selfie in front of a 3-D sculpture of the Final Four bracket on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. The crowd downtown will be large
Local

Final Four won't close many streets despite small footprint in downtown Minneapolis

  • Embracing March Madness: Employers go all in with basketball watch parties, pizza and office pools
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U's stinky corpse flower blooms in all its nose-wrinkling wonder

The stinky corpse flower is in bloom and drawing visitors to U campus in St. Paul. But be quick.
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Paul Reiser returns to stand-up with a Minneapolis debut

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Editorial counterpoint: We must look beyond police for community safety

It's time to put more emphasis on prevention efforts. A police-first approach isn't effective, has been marred by violence and fails to address underlying causes of crime.

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