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Twin Cities

Freshmen lawmakers get a feel for the Capitol

To get a sense of how Minnesota's newest legislators see the action at the Capitol, MPR News speaks with a pair of freshmen lawmakers throughout the session.
by Tom Crann

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Minneapolis South High officials look to move beyond brawl

Minneapolis South High officials look to move beyond brawl

Classes were in session Friday at Minneapolis South High School, the day after a lunch room brawl involving hundreds of students. School officials say they are trying to move beyond yesterday's fight, which some students say was caused by racial tension at the school. The incident has other districts examining how they respond to problems among groups of students.
by Tim Post

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Minn. legislators still divided on gun control after hearings

Minn. legislators still divided on gun control after hearings

After three days of hearings this week at the state Capitol, legislators remain divided on the issue of gun control with some believing compromise and consensus can be reached, while others believe the debate to be a distraction from important budget work.
by Mike Mulcahy and Tim Pugmire

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Video: Annual Minnesota Beard-Off

Nearly 100 will compete for the Twin Cities beard championship title this weekend. Watch a video of the competitive beardsmen talk about how they prepare for the show.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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U of M seeks state funding; lawmakers want admin. spending answers

U of M seeks state funding; lawmakers want admin. spending answers

Students and top officials from the University of Minnesota are rallying at the Capitol today. It's an annual tradition in which they urge legislators to support the university's budget requests. But this year they're doing it amid an uproar over administrative spending.
by Alex Friedrich

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Renovated St. Paul crime lab costs more, will do less

Renovated St. Paul crime lab costs more, will do less

The St. Paul City Council released more than a million dollars in funding to fix the troubled St. Paul police crime lab. The lab will not resume drug testing, work which will be outsourced, but instead will focus on fingerprints, crime scene processing, video analysis and reconstructing crash scenes.
by Madeleine Baran

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