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Walz pressured over Line 3 pipeline project, as appeals deadline nears

Walz pressured over Line 3 pipeline project, as appeals deadline nears

The administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces a deadline this week to decide whether to try to overturn the approval of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, and pressure is coming in on all sides.
by Dan Kraker

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Poll: Only a quarter of Mpls. residents favor city’s Police Department

Poll: Only a quarter of Mpls. residents favor city’s Police Department

The Minneapolis Police Department is unpopular across racial lines, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll. People who identify as Republicans and older residents were more likely to have favorable views of the department. 
by Jon Collins

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Aug. 16 update on COVID-19 in MN: Concerns about college students as cases increase

Aug. 16 update on COVID-19 in MN: Concerns about college students as cases increase

State public health leaders are increasingly worried about college students joining end-of-summer parties and other gatherings that could feed the spread of COVID-19 and bring it onto campuses this fall. They also fear people are using sanitizers that could kill them.
by MPR News Staff

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Storms leave thousands without power across Minnesota

Storms leave thousands without power across Minnesota

Severe storms spawned tornadoes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and business across Minnesota on Friday.
by Andrew Krueger

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Housing advocate Jamal Osman defeats 10 others in Mpls. Ward 6 race

Housing advocate Jamal Osman defeats 10 others in Mpls. Ward 6 race

Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 has lacked a representative throughout the George Floyd protests and the coronavirus pandemic. After three days, election officials finally announced Jamal's win.

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‘She was a legend’: Quetico ranger remembered for her guidance, grit

‘She was a legend’: Quetico ranger remembered for her guidance, grit

Janice Matichuk, the longest-serving interior ranger in the history of Quetico Provincial Park, died last week from brain cancer. For 35 years she greeted canoeists crossing from the Boundary Waters into Canada at the remote Cache Bay Ranger station, on a small island on Saganaga Lake, at the end of the Gunflint Trail.
by Dan Kraker

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Aug. 14 update on COVID-19 in MN: Keep it off campus; mind your sanitizer

Aug. 14 update on COVID-19 in MN: Keep it off campus; mind your sanitizer

The state’s infectious disease director is urging college students to “lay low” before returning to their schools and warning against attending big parties, road trips and other gatherings that could ultimately bring the disease to campus.
by MPR News Staff

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