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Workers with criminal backgrounds encouraged to apply for city jobs

Workers with criminal backgrounds encouraged to apply for city jobs

The Minneapolis City Council today is scheduled to vote on a resolution that aims to encourage more people with criminal records to apply for city jobs.

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Gutknecht looks to the future

Gutknecht looks to the future

U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht says he'd like to return to radio, now he's lost his seat to Democratic challenger Tim Walz. Gutknecht was Minnesota's most conservative members of Congress who served more as team player rather than a leader.
by Sea Stachura

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Swift and Co. raids may have lasting implications

Swift and Co. raids may have lasting implications

This week's immigration raid on meatpacking giant Swift and Company may have changed some basic relationships between the industry and the government.
by Mark Steil

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The Swift raid fallout

The Swift raid fallout

The raid of a meat processing plant by immigration officials has shaken the city of Worthington in southern Minnesota, and is raising new questions about how the government is addressing illegal immigration.

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Still no decision on Minneapolis fire chief

Still no decision on Minneapolis fire chief

Members of the Minneapolis City Council met Wednesday to discuss the removal of Fire Chief Bonnie Bleskachek. But they have yet to determine if Bleskachek will return in a lesser rank or be fired altogether.
by Brandt Williams

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Incoming attorney general may keep Hatch on staff

Incoming attorney general may keep Hatch on staff

Attorney General-elect Lori Swanson has asked outgoing Attorney General Mike Hatch to stay on, a role reversal that would make him an assistant under her.

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Ford elected St Louis County Attorney by 88 votes

Ford elected St Louis County Attorney by 88 votes

St. Louis County will have the first new County Attorney in a generation -- after Melanie Ford won by a margin of just 88 votes.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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A need for translation

A need for translation

A deaf man from Morrison County was arrested and found himself in jail and then in court without the benefit if any translation services. The case was settled out of court but shows that counties aren't offering the services required by the ADA legislation.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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Juvenile detention center sits empty, unused at Red Lake

Juvenile detention center sits empty, unused at Red Lake

The Red Lake tribe has filed suit against the Department of Interior for failing to fully fund a new juvenile detention center. The new building has been sitting empty, furnishings and all, for nearly two years.
by Tom Robertson

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Going for more than $4 at Minnesota Target stores

The following drugs sell for $4 at Target stores in most states, but in Minnesota and several other states with similar laws they cost more. The prices below were provided by Target pharmacies in the Twin Cities metropolitan area on Nov. 29.

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