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People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms
Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.
Senate GOP leader joins Tafoya on farm as Flanagan highlights cost, war concerns
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune made his way to Minnesota to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michele Tafoya. Democratic nominee Peggy Flanagan sharpened her message on economic struggles and the war in Iran.
Show-and-tell: How Montevideo schools convinced voters to increase taxes after failing 3 times
Big changes are coming to the schools in the small central Minnesota city of Montevideo after voters passed a $42 million bond referendum earlier this year. The money will be used to fix up and add onto the aging school buildings.
Politics Friday: Keith Ellison, Ron Schutz appear in their first attorney general race debate
In his bid for a third term, DFL incumbent Keith Ellison on Friday faced Twin Cities attorney Ron Schutz, a Republican, in a debate moderated by MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst.
In more than a dozen Minnesota House races, no GOP candidate is running
In 17 Minnesota House races, the Minnesota GOP does not have a candidate on the ballot. That absence is a surprise to some, but it also shows a strategy of shifting resources to more winnable districts.
Voting rights expert Carol Anderson in conversation with Kerri Miller in Red Wing
Carol Anderson, one of the country’s leading experts on voting access, worries the Jim Crow-era is beginning anew with persistent attempts to deny communities of color their right to vote. She spoke about the urgent need to protect voting rights.