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What’s carbon-free? Utility regulators to decide what qualifies under state’s clean energy law

What’s carbon-free? Utility regulators to decide what qualifies under state’s clean energy law

When state lawmakers approved a bill last year requiring utilities to produce all their electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040, they didn’t specify what qualifies as carbon-free. Now the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will decide. That in turn could shape the future of technologies such as biomass and carbon capture in Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Art Hounds: The Black Woman’s Guide to Making God

Art Hounds: The Black Woman’s Guide to Making God

Art Hounds recommend exploring divinity, capturing light, and confronting environmental change.
by Emily Bright

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Police fatally shoot suspect in ‘cold-blooded’ killing of artist in St. Paul’s Lowertown

Police fatally shoot suspect in ‘cold-blooded’ killing of artist in St. Paul’s Lowertown

St. Paul police say the suspect in an apparently random homicide in the city’s Lowertown neighborhood on Wednesday evening was fatally shot by police early Thursday as officers tried to arrest him southwest of the Twin Cities.
by Anna Haecherl, Andrew Krueger, Peter Cox and Sarah Thamer

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Zumbro Falls voters receive wrong ballots in the mail

Zumbro Falls voters receive wrong ballots in the mail

The error comes just days after a ballot misprint in Faribault County incorrectly identified the political parties for candidates in a state House race.
by Hannah Yang

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‘Re/Clamando’ un espacio para el arte latino y latine

‘Re/Clamando’ un espacio para el arte latino y latine

Una nueva exposición en Saint Paul busca honrar las contribuciones de artistas latinas y latines no binarios a la escena artística de Minnesota.
by Jacob Aloi

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‘Re/Claiming’ a space for Latina and Latinx art

‘Re/Claiming’ a space for Latina and Latinx art

A new exhibition in St. Paul looks to honor the contributions of Latina and nonbinary Latinx artists to Minnesota’s art scene.
by Jacob Aloi

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Minnesota Poll: Broad confidence of accurate vote count, but deep split over absentee voting

Minnesota Poll: Broad confidence of accurate vote count, but deep split over absentee voting

Nearly eight in 10 Minnesotans surveyed for a new MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll have high to moderate confidence of an accurate vote count in the November election. They’re more split over the safeguards around absentee and mail-in voting.
by Clay Masters

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Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization

Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization

The latest MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll shows, despite adult cannabis use now being legal in Minnesota only 14 percent of respondents reported using it in the last month. The poll also found a majority of those surveyed support legalization of cannabis on a national level.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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