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Mayo Clinic pressures lawmakers over health budget bill

Mayo Clinic pressures lawmakers over health budget bill

Mayo Clinic officials sent emails to Minnesota lawmakers urging them to remove provisions of a large health bill and said they would pull planned investments from the state if they chose to pass them.
by Michelle Wiley and Dana Ferguson

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Politics Friday: Senate leaders reflect on remaining work before the adjournment deadline

Politics Friday: Senate leaders reflect on remaining work before the adjournment deadline

MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to the top leaders in the Minnesota Senate: Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, and Minority Leader Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks. 
by Mike Mulcahy and Matthew Alvarez

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Mayor Frey's state of the city: Minneapolis 'is coming back’

Mayor Frey's state of the city: Minneapolis 'is coming back’

The mayor highlighted public and private efforts to revitalize underdeveloped corridors of the city, to increase the supply of affordable housing and he touted dropping violent crime as evidence that Minneapolis is rebounding. 
by MPR News Staff

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Anti-overdose drug naloxone could soon be standard in Minnesota schools

Anti-overdose drug naloxone could soon be standard in Minnesota schools

Minnesota schools could soon be required to have naloxone — the overdose reversing drug — in their buildings. The state would pay for it, although there is also a  proposal pending to have the federal government cover some costs.
by Brian Bakst

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Environmental trust fund extension could come before 2024 voters

Environmental trust fund extension could come before 2024 voters

Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday advanced proposals to ask voters to continue earmarking state lottery funds for environment and natural resources projects.
by Dana Ferguson

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'Are we worth support?': Rural Minnesota papers face challenges, community loses

'Are we worth support?': Rural Minnesota papers face challenges, community loses

A new report on the decline of local newspapers in Minnesota relays a stark message: when a community's newspaper disappears it loses its local autonomy. The Center for Rural Policy and Development will publicly discuss these implications in a statewide webinar Tuesday afternoon.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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