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Politics Friday: The Legislature gears up for the big budget push. How will it go?

Politics Friday: The Legislature gears up for the big budget push. How will it go?

Coming up Friday at noon, a special broadcast of Politics Friday from the UBS Forum in St. Paul. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with two Minnesota House leaders. Then, two political analysts talk about the dynamics in St. Paul and Washington.
by Brian Bakst and Matthew Alvarez

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Minnesota lawyers say increased immigration enforcement is filling court rooms

Minnesota lawyers say increased immigration enforcement is filling court rooms

It’s been just more than two months since the Trump Administration began implementing its plans to deport more people in the country without legal status. And the impact is being felt at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court.
by Sarah Thamer

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Foragers want a seat at the rulemaking table as DNR mulls mushroom, berry bag limits

Foragers want a seat at the rulemaking table as DNR mulls mushroom, berry bag limits

The DNR is considering bag limits on how much food people can take from state-managed lands. That gallon limit is ringing alarm bells for foraging groups like the Minnesota Mycological Society.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt'

Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt'

Billionaire Elon Musk says a Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million just days before the conclusion of a fiercely contested state Supreme Court election that's broken spending records. He announced the payment to a Green Bay man on Wednesday night on his social media platform X. 
by The Associated Press

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Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. The lawyer for 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk says she had just left her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday when she was stopped by agents.
by The Associated Press

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Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant “spillage” incidents.
by Quil Lawrence

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Minnesota Supreme Court allows recently incarcerated to serve on juries

Minnesota Supreme Court allows recently incarcerated to serve on juries

Minnesotans who are on probation or supervised release for felony convictions will soon be allowed to serve on juries, following a recent decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court. The move follows a 2023 state law that allows people recently freed from prison to vote, even if they are not finished with the supervised release portions of their sentences.
by Matt Sepic

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