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A bill that would allow voter lawsuits moves through Minnesota House

The Minnesota House has backed a proposal to let voters sue in some situations. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2023 that the federal Voting Rights Act doesn't give individuals the right to sue since they're not explicitly named in law. Republicans said the state should not get involved in the matter. This is the evening MPR News update, hosted by Emily Reese. Theme music by Gary Meister.
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Advocates warn of disaster if rideshare companies leave Minneapolis

Advocates for people with disabilities and members of the business community are warning it would be disastrous to allow Uber and Lyft to leave the city of Minneapolis. And President Joe Biden was in Wisconsin Monday, where he said more than 30 million borrowers would see “life-changing” relief from his plan to ease student loan debt.
by Phil Picardi

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Lawmakers propose licenses for copper sellers to reduce stealing

Minnesota legislators are considering a measure to require any person selling copper to have a state-issued license to curb wire theft. St. Paul is one city that has been plagued by copper wire loss from street lights, creating dark neighborhoods. Also, the state Senate backed a bill that adds extra legal protections for renters. The is the evening MPR News update, hosted by Emily Reese. Theme music by Gary Meister.
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Second week of Apple River stabbing trial begins. Minneapolis considers how to use old 3rd Precinct

The trial of Nicolae Miu, a Minnesota man charged with fatally stabbing a teenager during a tubing trip in western Wisconsin, is entering its second week. And the Minneapolis City Council gets an update this afternoon on reuse of the old 3rd Precinct police headquarters.
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MPD discipline records; light rail project construction

Discipline records from the Minneapolis Police Department show that about a dozen officers were disciplined for actions during unrest following George Floyd's murder in 2020. And the state Legislature would take the responsibility for building future light rail projects away from the Met Council and assign it instead to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
by Emily Reese

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Lawmakers work to avoid rideshare disruptions. Bueckers, Clark ready for Final Four

Lawmakers and rideshare companies are working to avoid service disruptions in the Twin Cities spurred by a new Minneapolis ordinance. And native Minnesotan Paige Bueckers and her UConn Huskies face player of the year Caitlin Clark and her Iowa Hawkeyes tonight in the Final Four.
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Rideshare companies say possible agreement could get them to stay in Minnesota

Rideshare companies say lawmakers are getting closer to an agreement that would convince them to stay in Minnesota. And a nurse who tried the save the life of a Stillwater teenager stabbed while tubing on a western Wisconsin river testified today at the trial of the man charged with killing him.
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Twins open Target Field for season; USDA's Vilsack visits Mankato

It's the Twins home opener Thursday in Minneapolis.  They play the Cleveland Guardians at Target Field just after 3 p.m. And U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Mankato Tuesday, talking about a new grant program. 
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Monthly checks to low-income people; Red River phosphorus pollution

A Minnesota House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would send monthly checks to low-income people. And a northwestern Minnesota project to reduce phosphorus pollution flowing to the Red River is being used as an example of how to address a long-standing pollution problem.
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Mother of teen stabbed at Apple River testifies. Trooper Londregan asks for charges dismissed

The mother of a Stillwater teenager fatally stabbed while tubing on the Apple River testified Monday at the trial of the man charged with killing him. And attorneys for Ryan Londregan, the state trooper charged in the shooting death of a motorist last summer, are asking the judge to dismiss the charges against him.
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