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Your texts to Tim Walz are going to Adrian Smith

Your texts to Tim Walz are going to Adrian Smith

A minor takeaway, perhaps, but we're impressed nonetheless by how many people think they have Governor-elect Tim Walz's cellphone number. They don't, apparently, because Adrian Smith, of Rochester, is getting the congratulatory texts some Minnesotans have been sending.
by Bob Collins

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In the NBA economy, millionaires give millionaires a hand

Tyus Jones, the former Apple Valley star and current member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, wanted to go to Indianapolis to see his brother, Tre, another Apple Valley standout, make his collegiate debut for Duke against Kentucky.
by Bob Collins

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‘My vote doesn’t matter’ (Bemidji edition)

‘My vote doesn’t matter’ (Bemidji edition)

Seven people who wrote in candidates swung an election for state representative in Bemidji.
by Bob Collins

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After hitting deer, elderly man hoofs it to the polls

One more from the campaign and election of 2018 before we move on. We'll have whatever John Pinter, 83, of Cedarburg, Wis., which is near nowhere, is having.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 11/7/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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Open Thread: Your election results analysis

Polls are closed. So here's the space for you -- in the comments section below -- to provide your own analysis as you watch the results. Or just howl at the political moon. Whatever makes you feel better after the two year marathon campaign.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin hits a rough patch in effort to build a tech economy

Wisconsin hits a rough patch in effort to build a tech economy

In a bid for jobs for the people of Wisconsin, state officials opened the treasury to lure Foxconn, the Taiwanese supplier to Apple, to the state. But now it appears it'll have a difficult time finding workers.
by Bob Collins

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Is there a cure for hate? The case for less speech

'The digital world -- your smartphone, for example -- and all the algorithms could have enlarged the best in humanity. Instead, it liberated the worst.'
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Why we don’t have a ‘culture of voting’ for young people

aybe it's not such a bad thing if the people who are so turned off by political discourse stay home today, or so says one of those public radio bloggers. You know how they are.
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