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Mayor Jacob Frey has proposed slashing about $4 million in spending from the Climate Legacy Initiative to help cover a $30 million shortfall. Groups linked to the at-risk programs are rallying community members to show up to a City Council budget hearing Monday night.

The amended complaint brings the total number of counts in Chief Axel Henry’s lawsuit to seven. The suit, originally filed nearly a month ago, already included retaliation claims against the city, and sexual harassment and battery allegations against Her.

The contest between former acting Minnesota U.S. Attorney Anders Folk and Democratic state Rep. Cedrick Frazier has gotten little attention so far, even though it will decide who runs the state’s largest prosecutor’s office. This year's election is shaping up to have echoes of this race the last time it was on the ballot.

Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Republican Lisa Demuth are set to appear at a business forum in Brainerd on Monday morning and in a televised debate Wednesday evening in Rochester.

In exchange, Xcel wants permission from state regulators to use federal tax credits from planned battery storage projects sooner than expected.

Rochester generated more than $1.1 billion in economic activity last year, and that number will likely grow. The city is in the midst of a 20-year, $5 billion redevelopment project to make Rochester more attractive to the visitors who come to Mayo Clinic from all over the world.