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A two-day manhunt for the suspect in the killings of a top DFL lawmaker and her spouse ended with his capture late last night. Vance Boelter faces murder charges in the deaths of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.
Students interrupted a University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting today — protesting a sale of university land to an aerospace company that works with the U.S. Department of Defense. And the homes of several members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents were vandalized yesterday.
Minnesota could lose up to $500 million annually if proposed federal funding cuts to Medicaid take effect. I-94 will be closed to traffic in both directions this weekend between I-35W and Huron Boulevard for construction.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be in the hot seat on Capitol Hill during a U.S. House hearing on immigration enforcement. Around 200 people lined up along the Lake Street-Marshall Avenue bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s actions on immigration enforcement. 
An effort to open up a big swath of federal land near the Boundary Waters to copper-nickel mining has been stripped from the massive budget bill moving through Congress. Several dozen people protested outside the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River today in support of a St. Paul woman arrested for alleged actions during a raid in Minneapolis last week.
The state’s response to protests following the murder of George Floyd five years ago was a point of contention in a congressional hearing Tuesday. And a St. Paul woman is facing federal charges after allegedly assaulting a FBI agent during last week’s search of a Minneapolis restaurant.
In a marathon one-day special session that ended early this morning, the Legislature passed 15 bills, most of them dealing with the budget. And two Minnesotans — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democratic Representative Betty McCollum — sparred during a congressional hearing today in Washington.
Minnesota lawmakers have passed a new budget and adjourned a one-day special session. Some layoffs at the Minnesota Department of Health are canceled. And winners of Minnesota's first cannabis lottery were mistakenly told Monday they did not secure a license.
A special session has been underway today at the state Capitol to pass a budget. Of the 14 bills that are up for a vote, one bill that would remove adult immigrants without legal status from MinnesotaCare passed the House by a small margin.
State lawmakers return to St. Paul Monday for a special session of the Minnesota Legislature. The Trump administration’s travel ban is now in effect. And the Minnesota Lynx have started the WNBA season on a 9-game winning streak.