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Walz once faced a revolt from Uber and Lyft in Minnesota. Here's how he handled it.
When Uber and Lyft threatened to leave Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz used a rare veto, Ultimately, he ra…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Tim Walz is a YIMBY. He's supported a ton of new housing that's kept rents down in Minnesota.
Minneapolis has become a national leader on housing policy reform that's helped the city build lots…
Eliza Relman
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Eyeing state legislative gains, Democrats are making an early $750,000 push to counter the GOP in key battlegrounds
One of the highest-profile targets is Wisconsin, a perennial swing state where Gov. Tony Evers has …
John L. Dorman
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A GOP representative says new border legislation is the 'worst screwing in the Senate since that Dem staffer filmed his porno on Klobuchar's desk'
On Sunday night, the Senate released its bipartisan immigration bill, which quickly received ample …
Madison Hall
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A Minnesota lawmaker cast his vote in a Zoom meeting shirtless and lying in bed
State Sen. Calvin Bahr briefly appeared, topless and lying in bed, during a virtual vote held by th…
Joshua Zitser
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Minnesota legalizes cannabis edibles — surprising some Republicans who voted for it: 'I thought we were doing a technical fix'
Lawmakers passed a bill to regulate less potent delta-8 edibles and in the process legalized produc…
Charles R. Davis
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Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn dead at 59 after bout with kidney cancer
Hagedorn was the son of former congressman Tom Hagedorn, who also represented Minnesota.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Minnesota becomes first state to launch task force examining violence against Black girls and women
The new task force will address the systemic failures that lead to missing cases and murders of Bla…
Gwen Aviles
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The parents of an 8-year-old trans girl say they're moving from Florida to Minnesota, fearing an anti-trans law that could threaten the custody of their daughter
Trans adults and families of trans youth are moving across the country to escape anti-trans bills. …
Leo Aquino, CEPF,Lloyd Lee
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George Floyd's brother calls on Congress to pass policing bill ahead of White House visit: 'People shouldn't have to live in fear'
"I just want everything to be better in life because I don't want to see people dying the same way …
Taylor Ardrey
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2 GOP-led states are attempting to bar protesters convicted of crimes from receiving student loans and jobless aid
After Black Lives Matter emerged, GOP lawmakers from Minnesota and Indiana introduced bills to bar …
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
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Those who get drunk on their own can't be considered 'mentally incapacitated' in rape cases, Minnesota Supreme Court says
"The legislative definition of 'mentally incapacitated,' ... does not include a person who is volun…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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RESULTS: Rep. Ilhan Omar narrowly won a tight primary race to retain the Democratic nomination for her Minnesota district
Minnesotans voted in a competitive special election to Congress and several other contests up and d…
Warren Rojas,Grace Panetta
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Ilhan Omar underperformed Biden by more than perhaps any House Democrat thanks to a 3rd party candidate and well-funded GOP rival
Omar's underperformance was largely in line with down-ballot Democrats across the state, many of wh…
Eliza Relman
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Ilhan Omar defeats primary challenger Antone Melton-Meaux in Minnesota's 5th District
Melton-Meaux, a Minneapolis attorney and mediator, ran against the first-term representative Omar i…
Grace Panetta
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Republicans see an opportunity to win big in blue states like Minnesota and Colorado where they say Biden is 'dragging down Democrats'
Republican state legislators have emerged as leaders on key conservative issues including the rules…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Derek Chauvin had 16 complaints made against him that were closed with 'no discipline.' A former member of the police review board says that's proof of a broken system.
A former panelist on the city's police conduct review board says there is little effectiveness and …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Megan Rapinoe slams legislation that aims to ban transgender kids from women's sports: 'Middle fingers to all these trans bills'
"I've been in a locker room with a trans person - nobody cares. It's just BS," USWNT star Megan Rap…
Meredith Cash
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Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith missed vote on the anti-Asian hate crimes bill while attending Daunte Wright's funeral
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Minneapolis Thursday to remember the 20-year-old father, including…