Minnesota county, city associations agree to opioid settlement that could net state $300M
Under terms of massive multistate deal, local governments must also sign on to maximize money allocated to state.
Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, died Sunday. He was 98.
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Meet Judy Randall, Minnesota's new legislative auditor
Judy Randall took over the Office of the Legislative Auditor in November.
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Mansco Perry is retiring as executive director of Minnesota's investment board
Gov. Tim Walz called Perry "the most important person ... that a lot of people haven't heard about."
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gains unprecedented power in City Hall
The change to the city charter means staff can work "without the complications of politics muddling the efficiency of their work," he says.
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Biden launches plan to combat COVID-19 this winter
The president insisted the battle vs. COVID-19 will be through wider availability of vaccines and shots, but without new major restrictions on daily life.
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New ethics report on mail controversy focuses on Hagedorn staffer
The Minnesota Republican's office paid the staffer's company more than $100,000 during his first term.
Minneapolis
Onetime rivals will work with Minneapolis Mayor Frey on new safety commission
The commission is one of three groups the mayor has set up to advise him on key issues as he prepares to take more power on Friday.
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Trump tested positive for COVID before first presidential debate with Biden, Meadows says
Former White House chief of staff says in his memoir Trump tested positive but then also tested negative soon afterward.
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Omar cites increase in threats since GOP lawmaker's remarks
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar publicly shared a violent and threatening voicemail from an unnamed person that she received after Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks about the Minnesota Democrat.
Ethiopian activists, Trump supporters protest Biden's Minnesota stop
Hundreds of people representing vastly different causes showed up for Biden's visit.
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Biden touts infrastructure law in first Minnesota visit as president
Biden said the law he signed two weeks ago "will change lives."
Nation
'QAnon Shaman' appeals result of guilty plea in Jan. 6 riot
Jacob Chansley was sentenced this month to more than three years in prison.
World
Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at Jerusalem Western Wall
Several dozen Holocaust survivors marked the third night of Hanukkah on Tuesday with a menorah-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall that paid tribute to them and the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.
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Trump allies work to place supporters in key election posts across the country
Across nation, officials being replaced with those who back Trump's lies.
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Omar ends 'unproductive call' with GOP lawmaker who made anti-Muslim remarks
The Minnesota Democrat said she wanted a direct apology from Rep. Lauren Boebert.
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New task force digs into why Black women face disproportionately high rates of violence
Minnesota is the first state to establish a task force on missing and murdered African American women.
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President Biden travels to Minnesota Tuesday
Biden's stop promoting the infrastructure law is his first to the state since being elected president.
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Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally
From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide.
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