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‘In certain circumstances’: GOP grapples with abortion rights, a key issue in Harris campaign
While Kamala Harris is not yet the official Democratic party’s presidential nominee, many of her supporters are hopeful she’ll bring her perspective as a woman — and a woman of color — to the top job in U.S. politics. But not everyone is on board with her stance on reproductive rights.
Some Essentia Health nurse practitioners and other advanced providers vote to unionize
More than 400 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives and clinical nurse specialists who work for Duluth-based Essentia Health voted Tuesday to form a union, the first time that so-called “advanced practice providers” have unionized at Essentia.
Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to jury bribery attempt
One of the five people charged with trying to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial last month pleaded guilty Tuesday. Abdimajid Nur admitted that he handed a large amount of cash to a co-defendant who later allegedly delivered the money to a juror’s home in a Hallmark gift bag.
Federal money to tackle food waste and climate pollution flows to Minnesota in the fall
The state is set to receive a $200 million grant to reduce food waste and climate pollution, Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. Officials say money will go toward projects that decarbonize food systems while keeping Minnesotans sustainably fed.
Minnesota law enforcement group files ethics complaint against Hennepin County Attorney
A Minnesota law enforcement group has filed an ethics complaint against Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, claiming her actions in prosecuting a state trooper in the fatal shooting of a motorist violated rules of professional conduct.