Minnesota lawmakers start new legislative session
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As a new legislative session begins Tuesday, lawmakers will be carrying the weight of an incredibly difficult eight months since they last met.
The time off has been marked by the assassination of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, a deadly school shooting and the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans by federal agents during a large-scale immigration operation.
The son of the late Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman says her memory will inspire lawmakers to act more kindly toward each other.
Tuesday, the Legislature will memorialize the Hortmans, who were killed in June. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded but survived a related attack.
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Specialty crop producers are still waiting on $1 billion in relief that the U.S. Department of Agriculture promised to growers squeezed by President Trump’s trade policies.
Ever since federal border patrol agent activity surged in Minnesota, people of color have been skipping medical care because of fears that they would be detained by ICE. And the impacts are rippling out across greater Minnesota.
In Olympics news, Team U.S.A. beat Sweden in a shutout Monday in the women's hockey semifinals, 5-0. With that win, they advance to the finals against Canada on Thursday.
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