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Minnesota's top election official says recent executive order to create voter list isn't feasible

Minnesota's top election official says recent executive order to create voter list isn't feasible

A new executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Postal Service to work with each other to develop a list of eligible voters and only mail ballots to them.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Minnesota lawmakers tweak cannabis regulations as state issues first recalls

Minnesota lawmakers tweak cannabis regulations as state issues first recalls

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management Director Eric Taubel told Morning Edition that those recalls mean the office is running as it should as the state rolls out new regulations for legalized cannabis.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Trump makes his case for war with Iran, saying the conflict is ‘nearing completion’

Trump makes his case for war with Iran, saying the conflict is ‘nearing completion’

Trump used a prime-time address to outline his objectives for the war and discuss the military’s progress to date. He also repeated an earlier claim that fighting could end in two to three weeks.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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1 month into the Iran war, President Trump addresses the nation

MPR News host Catharine Richert and her guest talk about President Donald Trump’s address to the nation, what we’ve learned after the first month of the war with Iran and what could come next.
by Catharine Richert

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U.S. and Iraqi officials say kidnapped journalist had been warned of threats

U.S. and Iraqi officials say kidnapped journalist had been warned of threats

U.S. and Iraqi officials say U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was born and raised in Wisconsin, was warned of threats before she was kidnapped in Baghdad. They say she was told she might be abducted in the days before her abduction.
by The Associated Press

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Oversight for ‘faceless corporations’ or ‘hammer’ approach? Mobile home parks bill poses test

Oversight for ‘faceless corporations’ or ‘hammer’ approach? Mobile home parks bill poses test

Mobile home park residents say out-of-state park owners are pricing them out of their homes. A bill in front of the Minnesota Legislature aims to keep manufactured housing affordable, but park owners say the approach has problems.
by Cait Kelley

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