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Minnesota Medicaid chief: Walz's overhaul plan would strengthen oversight

Minnesota Medicaid chief: Walz's overhaul plan would strengthen oversight

Gov. Tim Walz wants the Department of Human Services to take over much of the state’s Medicaid operations. State Medicaid director John Connolly tells MPR News the plan would improve transparency.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Judge urges states to settle Live Nation claims after U.S. strikes deal but states say no chance

Judge urges states to settle Live Nation claims after U.S. strikes deal but states say no chance

A New York federal judge is urging over two dozen states to settle their antitrust claims against Ticketmaster and its parent company this week after the Justice Department reached a deal and dropped out of an ongoing trial. 
by The Associated Press

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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year. He encouraged the party to build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota Senate approves ICE-related rent assistance

Minnesota Senate approves ICE-related rent assistance

The measure would reallocate unused money designated for a court settlement to pay emergency rent relief to households in need. Its prospects in the House are murky.
by Dana Ferguson

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TSA agents working without full paychecks amid partial government shutdown

TSA agents working without full paychecks amid partial government shutdown

Federal agents running security at airports are again working with only partial pay in the partial government shutdown. That’s creating hardships for those key workers, a Minnesota union leader tells MPR News.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Walz unveils plan to 'transform' Minnesota's human services system

Walz unveils plan to 'transform' Minnesota's human services system

Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday out rolled a plan to remake the way Minnesota provides Medicaid services that includes centralizing much of the work handled now by counties and the state’s managed care organizations.
by Peter Cox and Dana Ferguson

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New footage raises likelihood the U.S. struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165

New footage raises likelihood the U.S. struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165

The investigative group Bellingcat says newly released video “appears to contradict” U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school that killed over 165 people.
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