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Minnesota News

MPR News is your go-to source for Minnesota news and stories.

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Should the Legislature pass a law to allow same-sex marriage?

Only a few months after the defeat of a constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage in Minnesota, advocates are introducing a bill in the Legislature to allow same-sex marriage. Today’s Question: Should the Legislature pass a law to allow same-sex marriage?
by Eric Ringham

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Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary

Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary

A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff.

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Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop

Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop

Rochester-based Mayo Clinic reports a large decline in its bottom line last year, but officials are still calling the results a solid financial performance. Clinic officials say the drop in income was by design, but is also due in part to a large payment to its pension plan.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Bus driver accused of forcing child to walk

A Bemidji bus driver has resigned after allegedly dropping a 6-year-old a quarter mile from home in freezing temperatures as punishment.

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Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate

Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate

After a state Senate committee approved a one-year moratorium on new silica sand mines, lawmakers are debating whether Minnesota should place tougher regulations on silica sand mining.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Is it good for a business to allow employees to work from home?

Yahoo has told its employees who work from home that they will have to work at the office instead. A company memo says, “Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo, and that starts with physically being together.” Today’s Question: Is it good for a business…
by Eric Ringham

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Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches

Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches

American Indian activists took over the tiny village of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Feb. 27, 1973, in what would become a 71-day, fatal standoff with FBI agents that attracted national attention to the impoverished reservation and the plight of local tribes.

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