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Minn. Legislature passes bill to extend reinsurance program

Minn. Legislature passes bill to extend reinsurance program

Minnesota lawmakers have passed legislation to extend a program that helps head off rate shocks for people in the individual health insurance market amid grumbling from some that it only papers over problems in obtaining affordable coverage. Some House Democrats said they don’t like it.
by Brian Bakst

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Biden plans a major withdrawal from the country's oil reserves to control gas prices

Biden plans a major withdrawal from the country's oil reserves to control gas prices

President Joe Biden announced a plan Thursday to draw 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve — an unprecedented push to use the emergency stocks to try to take the edge off of soaring gasoline prices.
by NPR Staff

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Walz signs ALS research legislation

Walz signs ALS research legislation

Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that funds new research for ALS and provides money for people caring for those who have the disease. The legislation was pushed by Sen. Dave Tomassoni who was diagnosed with ALS last year.
by Tim Pugmire

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Rep. McCollum calls on Thomas to resign from Supreme Court

Rep. McCollum calls on Thomas to resign from Supreme Court

Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum said recent revelations that Thomas' wife pushed Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to take steps to overturn the 2020 presidential election have left the justice "ethically compromised.”
by MPR News Staff

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Legal ethics experts agree: Justice Thomas must recuse in insurrection cases

Legal ethics experts agree: Justice Thomas must recuse in insurrection cases

Legal ethics experts had previously said while Ginni Thomas is an outspoken conservative activist, her husband is able to act as an independent judge of matters that come before the court.
by Nina Totenberg

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8-hour gap in Trump's Jan. 6 White House phone records

8-hour gap in Trump's Jan. 6 White House phone records

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has identified a roughly 8-hour gap in official White House records of then-President Donald Trump’s phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building.
by The Associated Press

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