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$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

The Minneapolis City Council could vote this week to set a $15 minimum price on all packs of cigarettes. The measure has drawn debate over who it will affect — and whether it’d be effective.
by Cari Spencer

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Mood of the Nation: Angry

Mood of the Nation: Angry

Nine in 10 Americans can name either a recent news event or something about American politics that made them angry, while only half could identify a recent news event or something about American politics that made them proud, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll.
by Craig Helmstetter and Eric Plutzer

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Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis celebrates sustainability projects

Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis celebrates sustainability projects

On Earth Day, Scott Redd stood with Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Tina Smith in the parking lot of the Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis. They were there to celebrate the center — the city’s oldest African American community center — as a leader in sustainability and energy.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point, which has been in the news for months as speculation swirls around billionaire Kathy Cargill’s plans for her recent real estate purchases there, is now garnering headlines as one of the top beaches in the country.
by Dan Kraker

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Broadband installation the leading cause of underground infrastructure damage

Broadband installation the leading cause of underground infrastructure damage

That's according to a brief released last week by North Star Policy Action, an independent research organization. Jake Schwitzer, the executive director of North Star, shared more of the findings and why some are raising concern.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail.
by MPR News Staff

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Sammy McDowell, fixture of the Black community in Minneapolis, remembered as a ‘treasure of wisdom’

Sammy McDowell, fixture of the Black community in Minneapolis, remembered as a ‘treasure of wisdom’

Sammy McDowell owned Sammy’s Avenue Eatery which opened on the north side in 2012. He collapsed during church service and later died at the hospital.
by Nina Moini, Ellen Finn and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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