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Walz opts for insider for new MPCA commissioner

Walz opts for insider for new MPCA commissioner

Gov. Tim Walz has chosen engineer Katrina Kessler, an assistant commissioner since 2019, to lead the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. She assumes the job months after the governor’s prior commissioner resigned amid a confirmation fight.
by Brian Bakst

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G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

The presidents and prime ministers representing 80 percent of the global economy will confront a recovery hampered by an energy crunch that's spurring higher fuel and utility prices, new COVID-19 outbreaks and logjams in supply chains. President Joe Biden has said he wants to press other leaders on high oil prices.
by The Associated Press

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Former NY governor Andrew Cuomo faces a misdemeanor sex charge

Former NY governor Andrew Cuomo faces a misdemeanor sex charge

Cuomo was forced from office after nearly a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. He now faces a criminal complaint alleging he forcibly touched a female staff member.
by Brian Mann

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Minneapolis Council president files ethics complaint against police chief

Minneapolis Council president files ethics complaint against police chief

Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender announced Thursday that she filed an ethics complaint against the city's police chief, Medaria Arradondo, after he held a news conference Wednesday to speak out against the public safety charter amendment.
by Matt Sepic

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4 things to know about possible changes to your student loan debt

4 things to know about possible changes to your student loan debt

The head of the office of Federal Student Aid, Richard Cordray, spoke with lawmakers about loan forgiveness and a resumption of student loan repayments after the pandemic pause.
by Cory Turner

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Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 election didn't work. Next time it might

Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 election didn't work. Next time it might

Robert Costa's book “Peril,” which he co-wrote with Bob Woodward, goes inside Trump's war room on the eve of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Costa says the 2024 election could trigger a constitutional crisis.
by Terry Gross

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Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

Minneapolis mayor faces voters with policing on their minds

The Democrat faces a tough fight to keep his job in the city's first election since George Floyd's death under the knee of a white police officer in May 2020. Jacob Frey's fate is likely tied to whether voters agree with his moves to change the city's Police Department — and whether they agree with his opposition to a ballot question that would replace it with something new.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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Biden announces deal, seeks votes: 'Let's get this done'

Biden announces deal, seeks votes: 'Let's get this done'

President Joe Biden says he has reached a “historic” framework with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping, though scaled-back domestic policy plan.
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Amy Klobuchar delayed her mammogram. She doesn’t want you to do the same

Amy Klobuchar delayed her mammogram. She doesn’t want you to do the same

The Minnesota senator was treated for breast cancer this year. She has bipartisan legislation that would encourage people to catch up on health screenings, which plummeted during the pandemic.

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Exxon CEO denies spreading disinformation on climate change

ExxonMobil’s chief executive says his company “does not spread disinformation regarding climate change″ as he counters congressional allegations the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of it.
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