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Klobuchar says Senate is close to approving next U.S. attorney for Minnesota
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Minnesota will soon have a permanent U.S. attorney in place. Klobuchar told MPR’s Morning Edition that former U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger is on the verge of Senate approval to fill that role again.
It’s not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being watched as she makes history as the first Black woman to be considered for the job. 
Fact check: Republicans skew Jackson's record on crime
Over the first two days of hearings, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was the subject of misleading rhetoric. Here’s a look at how some claims compare with the reality.
Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial record
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face senators’ questions for the first time as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court’s history.
Congressional candidate Amane Badhasso questions treatment of immigrant DFL delegates
Wintana Melekin has served as a delegate at DFL conventions for more than 15 years. So she was puzzled when she received a recent text from a DFL volunteer asking if she had signed up as a delegate for a candidate vying to become the first Oromo woman elected to Congress.
Republicans propose paid family leave plan
Some Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature proposed a plan Monday that would use tax credits as an incentive for some businesses to begin to provide paid family and medical leave to their employees. Some Democrats who have been working on a larger more expensive plan called the GOP plan inadequate. But DFL Gov. Tim Walz said he was pleased to see Republicans enter the debate.Â