Friday marks start of early voting in Minnesota

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Several city council and school board seats are up for grabs. Dozens of school districts also have bond measures and levies on the ballot.
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McCarthy gives in to right flank on spending cuts, but they still deliver a defeat as shutdown looms

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The task force will be led by Jan Malcolm, who retired earlier this year as Minnesota’s health commissioner.
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Walz names members of task force on future of University of Minnesota health system

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In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, corn harvest will be diminished by drought, hot summer

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Waste is trucked in before being going into a boiler and being converted into energy at the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, or HERC, in February 2023
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Waste is trucked in before being going into a boiler and being converted into energy at the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, or HERC, in February 2023.

Wait until 2040 to close trash incinerator? Hennepin Co. leaders, activists want it sooner

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A new report outlines the challenges of closing the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, but frustrates those who say the incinerator is harming people and the environment.
Sibley Park photographed in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Park Board commissioners this week recommended renaming south Minneapolis’ Sibl
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Park commissioners support renaming south Minneapolis' Sibley Park to Chanté T'ínza Wínyan Park

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Data breach affects applicants, students and employees at U of M between 1989 and 2021

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Cannabis entrepreneur to lead Minnesota's new marijuana agency

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