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April 23, 2024 4:16 AM

What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It's not coffee

Starbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.

by Andrea Hsu

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April 23, 2024 4:00 AM

New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn't see a dime

Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn't go as planned.

by Miles Parks

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April 23, 2024 4:00 AM

Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies against Donald Trump in hush money trial

David Pecker has previously cooperated with federal investigations into payments made to two women who were going to allege they had affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

by Ximena Bustillo

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April 23, 2024 4:00 AM

$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

The Minneapolis City Council could vote this week to set a $15 minimum price on all packs of cigarettes. The measure has drawn debate over who it will affect — and whether it’d be effective.

by Cari Spencer

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April 23, 2024 4:00 AM

Arbor Day tradition aims to put trees in ground while easing political tensions at Capitol

For the past several decades, two Democrats and two Republicans in the Minnesota House have passed out trees on Arbor Day as a brief respite from political tensions at the Capitol.

by Clay Masters

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April 23, 2024 12:01 AM

Mood of the Nation: Angry

Nine in 10 Americans can name either a recent news event or something about American politics that made them angry, while only half could identify a recent news event or something about American politics that made them proud, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll.

by Craig Helmstetter and Eric Plutzer

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April 22, 2024 7:34 PM

Republican candidate says he will continue to run regardless of endorsement

Joe Teirab said he’s running in the primary even if he fails to win the GOP endorsement.

by Mark Zdechlik

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April 22, 2024 4:23 PM

Despite a fortified border, migrants will keep coming, analysts agree. Here's why.

The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say.

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

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April 22, 2024 3:21 PM

State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail.

by MPR News Staff