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Proposed changes to campaign spending, lobbying laws put on ice
The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board had been crafting some large-scale recommendations to change state campaign and lobbying laws. But the board opted instead Friday for a letter to lawmakers.
 ‘It’s been 25 years’: Liberians celebrate new pathway to citizenship
On Saturday, Liberians in Minnesota will celebrate a new law allowing those with temporary status to be in the country permanently. One Twin Cities advocate known in the community as the “DED queen” says she hasn’t stopped dancing since President Trump signed the bill last month.
Tensions soar as Iran vows to respond for Soleimani killing
The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran, which has careened from one crisis to another since President Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions.