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Politics Friday: How will the grow go? A look at Minnesota’s future with cannabis

Politics Friday: How will the grow go? A look at Minnesota’s future with cannabis

MPR News host Brian Bakst and his guests talked about the ways Minnesota’s new cannabis law is taking hold in the state — plus a conversation with Gen Z voters.
by Brian Bakst, Alanna Elder, Ellie Roth and Matthew Alvarez

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Hubert H. Humphrey could replace Henry Mower Rice in proposed congressional statue swap

Hubert H. Humphrey could replace Henry Mower Rice in proposed congressional statue swap

Minnesota lawmakers are weighing a resolution to ask that Humphrey’s likeness go into the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, replacing Rice’s statue, which has been on display for more than a century.
by Dana Ferguson

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Biden promises to keep U.S. Steel a ‘totally American company’ amid review of Japanese takeover plan

Biden promises to keep U.S. Steel a ‘totally American company’ amid review of Japanese takeover plan

President Joe Biden is promising to block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japan company, saying it “should remain a totally American company. American-owned, American operated.”
by The Associated Press

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Uber and Lyft are agreeable to one piece of Legislature’s rideshare solve

Uber and Lyft are agreeable to one piece of Legislature’s rideshare solve

Lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that addresses one item rideshare drivers and companies want settled — insurance coverage — as the Legislature seeks a solution to a rideshare standoff, but other loose ends remain before a regulatory package gets settled.
by Clay Masters

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Biden wants to hike tariffs on imports of Chinese steel and aluminum

Biden wants to hike tariffs on imports of Chinese steel and aluminum

The White House says China uses subsidies and government programs to undercut U.S. steel. President Biden wants to triple tariffs on the imports and take other new steps to curb imports.
by Asma Khalid

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St. Paul City Council votes unanimously to boost EV-readiness

St. Paul City Council votes unanimously to boost EV-readiness

The St. Paul City Council unanimously passed a zoning proposal Wednesday that aims to prepare new surface parking lots for a future with more electric vehicles. The proposal says new surface parking lots with more than 15 spots would have to be EV capable.
by Cari Spencer

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First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 11 more still needed

First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 11 more still needed

The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial have been chosen after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives. 
by The Associated Press

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