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Minn. GOP lieutenant governor candidate Birk criticized for comments on abortion, rape

MINNESOTA — Minnesota Republican lieutenant governor candidate Matt Birk appeared to double down Wednesday on controversial comments he made about abortion and women on the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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GOP candidate: Left plays "rape card"

Republicans' candidate for lieutenant governor in Minnesota, former NFL Viking Matt Brix, under fire for comments

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UK Cannabis Users Could Lose Passports Under New Proposed Laws, NY Awards $5M To Community Colleges For Cannabis Job Training Programs & More Reg. Updates

Cannabis Users In UK Face Losing Passports Under New Proposed Laws

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Nearly 1 million Minnesotans have applied for hero pay

Minnesota is rapidly approaching one million applicants to the state's hero pay program for front-line workers, blowing past original estimates of how many people might sign up and potentially shrinking the size of bonus checks each worker will get.

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Dennis Anderson: However vague, there’s movement in state’s most recent wolf management plan

Evidence of how glacially the wheels of government grind forward was made plain in recent days with the release of the Department of Natural Resources' most recent wolf management plan.

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Some States Restrict Abortion After Dobbs, Others Rush To Protect Access

Plus: What overturning Roe means for Republicans' future, court halts ban of Juul products, and more...

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Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal

Americans are taking stock a day after the Supreme Court overturned a woman’s constitutional right to abortion

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What does overturning Roe mean for Minnesota? Nothing, but …

MINNEAPOLIS — Abortions remain a legally protected right in Minnesota — but it just became a politically hotter issue for this fall’s elections.

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Minnesota car dealers file new legal action in fight against 'clean car' rules

Minnesota car dealers are taking new legal action to stop Gov. Tim Walz's "clean car" rules, a central part of the state's climate change strategy.

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Minnesota Legislature down to final hours to finish its work

Minnesota's legislative session approached its end marked by uncertainty over the fate of proposals for education, public safety and other spending priorities as state leaders appeared to be running out of time to strike agreements.

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Tax deal reached in final weekend of session at Minnesota Capitol

MINNEAPOLIS — Seniors would no longer pay taxes on social security income, millions of Minnesotans could see a small income tax cut and tens of thousands of families and renters across the state would be eligible for more tax credits under a sweeping deal struck Saturday at the divided Capitol.

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Minnesota GOP backs Scott Jensen in race to unseat Gov. Tim Walz

MINNEAPOLIS — Scott Jensen won the Minnesota Republican Party's endorsement for governor on Saturday, picking up his party's backing on the strength of a campaign built around opposition to pandemic restrictions and concern about COVID-19 vaccines.

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Minnesota GOP reconvenes to back candidate for governor

Minnesota Republicans have reconvened to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, a day after delegates picked political outsider Jim Schultz to try to unseat Attorney General Keith Ellison

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Minnesota GOP seeks candidate who can topple Democrat Walz

Endorsing a candidate who can topple Democratic Gov. Tim Walz will top the agenda when Minnesota Republicans gather in Rochester for their state convention Friday and Saturday

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Twin Cities chosen as host of 2026 Special Olympics USA games

MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of athletes and fans will gather in the Twin Cities in June 2026 for the Special Olympics USA games, held every four years in the United States for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

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Minnesota governor signs bill to fund unemployment insurance account

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a bill May 2 that will direct about $2.7 billion to the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and repay the state’s $1.4 billion unemployment insurance debt to the federal government. The law also includes about $500 million to send $750 direct payments to 667,000…

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Gov. Tim Walz calls for unity in fourth State of State address

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for one of the only divided Legislatures in the nation to come together and use a historic budget surplus to address the immediate and long-term needs of those hit hardest by the pandemic.

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Dennis Anderson: Tradition, ritual — and Minnesotans — are losers in Governor's Fishing Opener fiasco

In June 1973, Minnesota Gov. Wendy Anderson was on Basswood Lake on the Ontario border, fishing with Gerry Bibeau of Ely, who in addition to being an excellent angler was a first-rate barber.

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Minnesota Gov. Walz receives $2.5 million, with Brenda and Charles Kratsch as top donor

In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz is the number one fundraiser in state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports made to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the governor received $2,453,591 in total contributions and spent $1,324,421 between January…

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Minneapolis schools reach tentative agreement with union representing teachers and support staff

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Public Schools and its teachers and support staff have reached tentative contract agreements that could end the strike that has shuttered schools for weeks.

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Minnesota Gov. Walz orders state agencies to cut ties with Russia

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is directing more than two dozen state agencies to terminate any contracts with Russian entities, as states across the nation join the federal government in imposing sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

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Dennis Anderson: Wyoming’s present could be Minnesota’s CWD future.

At the Capitol, Gov. Tim Walz and legislators again this session seem willing to keep Minnesota deer and elk farmers in business, while hoping simultaneously to quell the growing disquiet among hunters over the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state's approximately 1 million wild whitetails.

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Rep. Jim Hagedorn, two-term Minnesota Republican, dies at 59 - Roll Call

Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a two-term Minnesota Republican, has died at age 59. The outspoken conservative had kidney cancer.

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Gov. Walz deploys National Guard for civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis officers

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz has authorized the Minnesota National Guard to provide security assistance in St. Paul during the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with George Floyd's death.

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Former Hennepin Sheriff Rich Stanek running for Minnesota governor

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek is running for governor, joining a crowded field of Republican candidates seeking to challenge Gov. Tim Walz this fall.

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