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Minnesota lawmakers try to drive home climate effects on house insurance costs

Minnesota lawmakers try to drive home climate effects on house insurance costs

A Minnesota House Commerce Committee hearing put a spotlight on how rising home insurance premiums could be traced to severe weather events that some experts link to climate change.
by Clay Masters

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Politics Friday: Leaders of the House on this session’s priorities

Politics Friday: Leaders of the House on this session’s priorities

After the 2023 legislative session whirlwind, what will this year look like? MPR News host Brian Bakst talks to leaders of the Minnesota House about what their parties would like to see accomplished.  
by Brian Bakst, Ellie Roth and Matthew Alvarez

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House votes to impeach Mayorkas, a historic rebuke of sitting Cabinet member by Republicans

House votes to impeach Mayorkas, a historic rebuke of sitting Cabinet member by Republicans

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.
by The Associated Press

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Duluth council backs massive new hilltop housing development

Duluth council backs massive new hilltop housing development

The Duluth City Council has approved an agreement for a new hilltop development that could eventually bring 1,300 new housing units, up to $500 million in private investment — along with new retail space and public amenities — to the long vacant site of a former high school.
by Dan Kraker

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Columbia Heights City Council to vote on cease-fire resolution

Columbia Heights City Council to vote on cease-fire resolution

At a meeting in which community members spoke in support of a cease-fire for over an hour, the Columbia Heights mayor said a resolution is in the works and will be presented on Feb. 26.
by Cari Spencer

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Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

The talks come as Israel signals it may soon launch an invasion of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The talks were expected to center on a plan that would pause the fighting for up to six weeks.
by D. Parvaz

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Senate advances military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Senate advances military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

The measure, which would provide $95 billion in military aid, has little hope of seeing a vote in the House where hard-line Republicans oppose the measure.
by Eric McDaniel

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