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Xcel drops request to raise electric rates next year

Xcel drops request to raise electric rates next year

Consumer advocates and two state agencies opposed Xcel's request to raise interim rates next year, which would have increased residential customers' bills another 6 percent.
by Kirsti Marohn

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More home heating crisis funds for low income Minnesotans

More home heating crisis funds for low income Minnesotans

In response to higher home heating costs, Minnesota is increasing the amount of crisis funding available to help low income residents in danger of running out of fuel.
by Dan Gunderson

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Social Security tax cut splits Minnesota DFLers

Social Security tax cut splits Minnesota DFLers

Some newly elected first term Minnesota Senate Democrats said Wednesday they would push to eliminate the tax on Social Security income, but legislative leaders have signaled they may not be willing to go that far. 
by Dana Ferguson

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Supreme Court to hear controversial election-law case

Supreme Court to hear controversial election-law case

The "independent state legislature theory" could give state legislatures independent power to put in place all manner of election rules, without any available review by state courts.
by Nina Totenberg

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Why Warnock's seat means so much to Senate Democrats

Why Warnock's seat means so much to Senate Democrats

That one seat, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is a bit of a game changer for Democrats. "The truth is it's not a 1% difference," he said. "It's a world of difference."
by Juma Sei

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Big surplus prompts lots of spending, tax-cut ideas

Big surplus prompts lots of spending, tax-cut ideas

News of a state budget surplus that had grown to a whopping $17.6 billion is already generating lots of ideas but no final agreements on how to use the money.
by Brian Bakst

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McConnell criticizes Trump's calls to terminate the Constitution

McConnell criticizes Trump's calls to terminate the Constitution

The Senate minority leader said Tuesday that anyone seeking the presidency, which includes Trump, "would have a very hard time being sworn in" if the Constitution was suspended.
by Deepa Shivaram

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