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After years of waiting, Minnesotans are on the verge of COVID shots for the youngest kids, and Keith Ellison vows to protect abortion rights in Minnesota. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.
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Chief Justice Lorie Gildea of the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday that Minneapolis' mayor should employ a certain number of police officers or demonstrate why higher staffing levels are not possible. The ruling sends the case back to district court.
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Local government officials and construction groups are among those expressing disappointment with failed negotiations for a special legislative session after Governor Walz declared an impasse. The state prepares for a heatwave, and supporters of the historic Manfred House in Blue Mounds State Park hope a federal designation will help them make the case for preservation. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted ny Hannah Yang. Music by Gary Meister.
Chances for a special legislative session to divide up Minnesota’s budget surplus went from slim to none late Thursday after a meeting among legislative leaders broke up.
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Another low unemployment record for Minnesota, but wages are sharply lagging inflation, and the groundbreaking zoning changes approved by Minneapolis in 2019 get put on hold by a judge. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.
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A group working to identify and nullify racist language in Twin Cities property records is out with new data on Ramsey County. Researchers with the Mapping Prejudice project combed through reams of documents and found more than 2,000 homes that were off limits to people of color until the mid-20th century.
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Walz opens a wide financial lead on his rivals as the gubernatorial campaigns start to rev up and one of the prosecutors in the Derek Chauvin case is poised to join the federal bench in Minnesota. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.
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Minnesota health officials say they've confirmed two cases of measles in Hennepin County. The two pre-school children developed symptoms shortly after returning from another country where the disease is common, the state Health Department said in a news release. The children, who are siblings, were unvaccinated, and one was hospitalized due to complications.
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Minnesota baked today in hottest weather in a year, with even hotter days coming, and Eric Ahasic’s Jeopardy streak came to an end today, with a miss on a Richard Nixon quote. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.
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For more than a month hundreds of homeowners have frantically built sandbag walls around their homes on Rainy Lake to try to hold off record-setting floodwaters.
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