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Questions swirl around corporate tax in Minnesota House, Senate budgets
Both House and Senate tax bills bank on a new corporate tax calculation they say will raise hundreds of millions of dollars per year. But it’s untested, raising concerns about the estimates and the state’s ability to collect.
Walz signs bills to ban conversion therapy, protect abortion and gender-affirming care
With the governor’s action, Minnesota will become a refuge for people seeking gender affirming care and abortions as other states move to restrict such care. Walz also enacted a law that bans conversion therapy.
Minnesota Senate to vote on legal marijuana bill Friday
The Senate bill has already been discussed in more than a dozen committees. And legislative leaders tend to avoid bringing bills to the floor that might fail, so passage is deemed likely. 
Politics Friday: How to pay for roads, bridges and transit
MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks with two lawmakers about the transportation budget bill and the plan to pay for roads, bridges and transit across the state. Later in the hour: an update on the latest marijuana bill.
Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.
Biden says his own age doesn't register with him as he seeks second term
Joe Biden is 80 years old, and would be 86 by the end of a second term. While many voters see his age as cause for concern, a campaign strategist says there are upsides to his decades of experience.