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Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Gazelka

Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Gazelka

Republican senator and former Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka is running for Minnesota governor. During his conversation on Politics Friday, Gazelka discussed his disapproval of Gov. Tim Walz’s use of emergency powers, improving public safety and how he might go about cutting spending if elected.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls

Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls

Former business executive and Army veteran Kendall Qualls is running for Minnesota governor. During his conversation on Politics Friday, Qualls discussed the need for increased law enforcement in the state and voter ID laws.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Michelle Benson

Meet the Candidates: Republican gubernatorial candidate Michelle Benson

State Sen. Michelle Benson is running for Minnesota governor. During her conversation on Politics Friday, Benson stressed the importance of reducing costs to counter inflation, having education funding follow children to the schools of the family’s choice, and voting security.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge

Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge

French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a debate for her ties to Russia and wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. Rep. Omar meets with Pakistani leaders

U.S. Rep. Omar meets with Pakistani leaders

The meeting was the first visit by a member of Congress since a new coalition government came into power in Islamabad last week after the ouster of former premier Imran Khan.
by The Associated Press

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Looming deadline puts focus back on unemployment fund

Looming deadline puts focus back on unemployment fund

Quarterly business tax payments to refill the state unemployment insurance trust fund are due at month’s end. Lawmakers are still straining for a compromise to undo higher rates.
by Brian Bakst

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Lawsuit could let landlords seek money from state over COVID eviction moratorium

Lawsuit could let landlords seek money from state over COVID eviction moratorium

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit challenging the eviction moratorium that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walz’s executive orders have long since expired. But the decision this month from a three-judge panel in St. Paul could eventually allow landlords to seek financial damages from the state.
by Matt Sepic

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Walz to lawmakers: ‘No special session’

Walz to lawmakers: ‘No special session’

Gov. Tim Walz is warning legislators to get their work done on time, because he has no intention of calling them back for a special session.
by Tim Pugmire

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