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Horse racing industry braces for crackdown on illegal immigration
Horse racing depends on thousands of workers without legal status, and industry leaders fear that Trump’s soft touch toward the industry in his first term will not persist in his second.
A ‘last day’ goes by Minnesota lawmakers without a budget concluded; special session on tap
Legislative leaders said they’ll head into a special session to complete work on a new two-year budget. Now, they just hope to finish before the holiday weekend.
St. Paul City Council Member Nelsie Yang champions working class families like her own
Nelsie Yang was just 24 years old in 2019 when she won a seat on the St. Paul City Council representing St. Paul’s east side — becoming the youngest woman and first-ever Hmong woman on the council.
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden's office says he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.