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Steve Grove Leaves Walz Cabinet To Join Local Newspaper
Grove was named CEO and publisher of the Star Tribune, replacing Mike Klingensmith.
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Reformer: Proposed POST Board Rules Professionalizing Police Would Help Recruit New Officers
Here in Minnesota, police are struggling with recruitment and retention, and some are blaming too much regulation and oversight.
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Minnesota Lawmakers Hope To Codify Indian Child Welfare Act Language Into State Law
Minnesota lawmakers are proposing bipartisan legislation to adopt ICWA-like language.
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House Passes Universal Free Meals For Minnesota Students
The bill now goes to the Senate, and Gov. Tim Walz supports the legislation and included universal free meals in his budget.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Makes Her Move Into The Mainstream
"Omar’s ouster caps her rapid rise in stature in her party...as an insider and a rallying point for Democratic Party unity."
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Minnesota Power Co-Op Wants To Invest In Flexibility For Fossil Fuel Peaker Plant
Great River Energy is seeking approval from Minnesota regulators to install fuel oil equipment at its 170-megawatt Cambridge peaker plant.
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Can Minnesota Reach Standards In 100% Carbon-Free Energy By 2040 Bill Without Nuclear?
Without nuclear power, utility companies will have 17 years to shift the lion’s share of their portfolios to renewable sources.
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Walz And The Legislature Are Tackling Hunger — A Few Tweaks Could Mean Even More Progress
More than 800,000 Minnesotans reached out to Second Harvest Heartland for food assistance in 2021.
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Minnesota Farmers Received $1.5 Billion In Federal Payments In 2021
The payments are awarded by acreage, which in practice means that the largest, wealthiest farmers receive the most federal money.
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Minnesota House Committee Furthers Four Gun Control Bills
The bills’ passage catalyzed heated debate among Minnesotans over how to address gun violence.
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Minnesota Senate Passes Bill Mandating Carbon-Free Energy By 2040; Bill Heads To Walz's Desk
The vote was along party lines 34-33, with all Democratic senators in support.
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States Criticized For Spending Federal Relief Funds On Tax Cuts, Prisons
Of the $198 billion authorized by Congress in 2021, $173 billion already has been appropriated by states.
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State Agencies Could Have Protected Minnesota's Waters. They Still Can.
"Why do well owners, whose groundwater has been contaminated by someone else, have to pay to clean it up so it’s drinkable?"
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U.S. House GOP Votes To Oust Rep. Omar From Foreign Affairs Panel For Past Antisemitic Remarks
Democrat Dean Phillips, who is Jewish, opposed the resolution, saying that Omar has learned from the outcry: "Atonement should be rewarded."
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House Panel Considers 3 Bills That Would Strictly Regulate ‘Forever Chemicals'
In December, 3M announced plans to stop making per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and stop using the chemicals in its products by 2025.
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Minnesota College Students Write On The Urgency Of The Legislature's 2040 Climate Plan
Students from St. Thomas, St. Catherine, Bemidji State, Mankato State, Macalester, Hamline and more weighed in on the issue.
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Bill Would Sharply Curtail Turtle Harvesting For Profit
Minnesota is one of just a handful of states allowing wild turtles to be harvested, sold and exported for profit.
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House Democrats Want State Authority Over Health Care Consolidations In Minnesota
Democrats on Monday warned a merger between Fairview Health Services and Sanford Health could increase health care costs.
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Minnesota House Passes Bill To Give Driver's Licenses To Undocumented Residents
The bill now heads to the state Senate.
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Gas Utility's Minnesota Hydrogen Pilot ‘Good News' So Far, But Questions Remain
A Minnesota gas utility says it is successfully blending “green” hydrogen into its natural gas pipeline system.
