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$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

The Minneapolis City Council could vote this week to set a $15 minimum price on all packs of cigarettes. The measure has drawn debate over who it will affect — and whether it’d be effective.
by Cari Spencer

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Mood of the Nation: Angry

Mood of the Nation: Angry

Nine in 10 Americans can name either a recent news event or something about American politics that made them angry, while only half could identify a recent news event or something about American politics that made them proud, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll.
by Craig Helmstetter and Eric Plutzer

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State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail.
by MPR News Staff

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Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court

Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court

Gov. Tim Walz on Monday announced the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices — Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy — who are set to replace retiring justices Margaret H. Chutich and G. Barry Anderson.
by Dana Ferguson

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Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead and making sure they are connected to local law enforcement. The Associated Press was granted rare access to one recent session in northern Michigan. 
by The Associated Press

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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
by The Associated Press

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