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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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After ‘incredibly unusual’ start, Minnesota lawmakers just want to get back to normal

After ‘incredibly unusual’ start, Minnesota lawmakers just want to get back to normal

The 70 days since the legislative session started have seen a variety of twists and turns that have left three seats open at various points in time. Now, leaders hope for a boring phase ahead.
by Dana Ferguson

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Fascinated by fossils, Minnesota man builds a small-town science museum bone by bone

Fascinated by fossils, Minnesota man builds a small-town science museum bone by bone

Jim Pollard has loved fossil collecting since he was a kid. Now 70, he’s opened a natural history museum in a Blue Earth storefront to share his passion for paleontology and to make science more accessible to rural kids.
by Dan Gunderson

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Iron Range layoffs come in wake of tariffs meant to protect steel industry

Iron Range layoffs come in wake of tariffs meant to protect steel industry

Workers at two Iron Range mining facilities are facing layoffs but a professor of economics says their roles are likely too valuable to be out of the job for good.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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DFL, GOP educator-leaders respond to Trump‘s dismantling of the Education Department

DFL, GOP educator-leaders respond to Trump‘s dismantling of the Education Department

Assistant Majority Leader and Chair of the Senate Education Finance Committee Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton — who is a library media specialist — and House Education Policy Committee Co-Vice Chair Rep. Patricia Mueller, R-Austin — who is a teacher — joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to talk about the implications.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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20 years later, lives affected by the school shooting in Red Lake will be memorialized

20 years later, lives affected by the school shooting in Red Lake will be memorialized

Several former Red Lake High School students, with the support of a former teacher, say it’s time to publicly memorialize those who lost their lives during a shooting at the school 20 years ago. They intend to honor those affected by the tragedy.
by Melissa Olson

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Advocate for sexually exploited children speaks following former senator’s charging

Advocate for sexually exploited children speaks following former senator’s charging

Beth Holger, executive director of The Link — which supports impoverished youth and families who are experiencing homelessness, being sexually exploited, or in the criminal justice system — joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition with her reaction to former Sen. Justin Eichorn’s alleged crimes.
by Cathy Wurzer, Heidi Raschke and Gracie Stockton

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