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State Fair job seekers flock to fair
Every year the fair hires several thousand temporary workers. This summer, organizers are making an extra effort to find them. They held the first ever State Fair job fair Wednesday.
Here's the Minnesota referendum you haven't heard about
A fall ballot question will ask Minnesotans to vote on whether to remove state lawmakers' power to set their own salaries and transfer it to an independent citizen board. How come no one's talking about it?
Some northern Minn. gun owners OK with 'practical' gun restrictions
Many in northern Minnesota own guns and support the Second Amendment. In recent conversations, though, gun owners say restrictions are appropriate for assault-style weapons like the one used recently in the Orlando nightclub shooting.