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Education officials: Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans could benefit from student loan debt relief
Students from two-year technical or community colleges bear the biggest financial burden from loans. While their debts may be smaller than those who went to four-year schools, the group sees loan defaults at the highest rate.
Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search
A judge has ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents.
 As surplus sits, governor candidates diverge on taxes
While not as flashy as other issues driving their governor’s race exchanges, there’s lots of distance between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican Scott Jensen on taxes.
Jensen stands by comments comparing mask mandates to Nazi Germany
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen originally made the comments back in April and a video of the remarks surfaced this week. He stood by them on Tuesday in a video posted to Facebook, which he called a “point of clarification.”
Jill Schurtz named new leader of State Board of Investment
Jill Schurtz will be the new director of the Minnesota State Board of Investment, which manages a $125 billion portfolio that includes public pensions and other accounts.