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September 17, 2020 4:27 PM

U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election.

by The Associated Press

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September 17, 2020 3:49 PM

Court order keeps census in limbo as counting end date looms

After the Trump administration missed a filing deadline for court documents, a judge has ordered the wrap-up of the census to remain on hold, throwing door-knocking efforts further into uncertainty.

by Hansi Lo Wang

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September 17, 2020 3:20 PM

Half million homes are same-sex marriages 5 years after ruling

Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half million households are made up of married same-sex couples.

by The Associated Press

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September 17, 2020 2:58 PM

Trump aims to boost rural turnout in critical Wisconsin

Making his fifth visit to the pivotal battleground state this year, President Donald Trump views success in the state’s less-populated counties as critical to another term.

by The Associated Press

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September 17, 2020 12:23 PM

$300 weekly unemployment boost dries up

Out-of-work Minnesotans who had been getting an extra $300 in their unemployment checks will see that bump go away.

by Brian Bakst

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September 17, 2020 11:00 AM

Election night could become election week this year

As with most things in 2020, election night will look different than ever before. Here’s what to expect.

by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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September 17, 2020 10:58 AM

U.S. Highway 14 receives $22 million federal grant to expand, finish six-decade project

After decades of impasses and financial shortcomings, southern Minnesota will finally be able to fix and finish a highway expansion project that has been ongoing for 60 years.

by Hannah Yang

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September 17, 2020 9:59 AM

Pence returns to Minnesota, Wisconsin after Trump, Biden visits

The vice president will start a bus tour Sept. 24 in Eau Claire, Wis,, where he will speak at the building materials company Midwest Manufacturing Inc. before traveling to Minneapolis to meet with Cops for Trump.

by The Associated Press

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September 17, 2020 8:37 AM

How to make sense of recent political polls in Minnesota

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in five new polls of Minnesota voters. Rob Daves, the principal at Daves and Associates Research in Minneapolis, spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about how to make sense of the latest state polling.

by Cathy Wurzer and Aron Woldeslassie

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September 17, 2020 7:39 AM

Barr blasts his own prosecutors: 'All power is vested in the attorney general'

In remarks Wednesday, the attorney general also said restrictions imposed during the coronavirus are "the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history" since slavery.

by Carrie Johnson

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