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Democrats say they’ll keep pushing for police changes

Democrats say they’ll keep pushing for police changes

Some Democrats at the Minnesota State Capitol were harshly critical of a public safety budget bill for not including more police accountability measures — but stopped short of saying they would vote against the bill.
by Tim Pugmire

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Biden working to get infrastructure package back on track

Biden working to get infrastructure package back on track

President Joe Biden is hoping to get the bipartisan infrastructure deal on track by highlighting its expected economic benefits, stressing its $973 billion would include the largest investment in transportation in nearly a century and millions of jobs would be created.
by The Associated Press

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UN rights chief: Reparations needed for people facing racism

UN rights chief: Reparations needed for people facing racism

The U.N. human rights chief is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and systemic racism against people of African descent and “make amends” to them — including through reparations.
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Ray Suarez on the future of religion in America

Ray Suarez on the future of religion in America

Award-winning journalist Ray Suarez speaks in St. Paul about the future of religion in America.

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Minnesota lawmakers reach tentative deal on police accountability measures

Minnesota lawmakers reach tentative deal on police accountability measures

The bipartisan agreement includes restrictions on no-knock warrants, on confidential informants and jailhouse witnesses, and on the ability of police to seize suspects’ property. But the bill doesn’t contain the far-reaching changes that many activists had demanded.
by David H. Montgomery

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Mike Gravel, former U.S. senator for Alaska, dies at 91

Mike Gravel, former U.S. senator for Alaska, dies at 91

Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died. He was 91.
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UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

A U.S. government report on UFOs, released Friday, said it found no evidence of aliens, but acknowledged 143 reports of "unidentified aerial phenomena" since 2004 that could not be explained.
by Greg Myre

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Senate moves again to end Walz emergency powers

Senate moves again to end Walz emergency powers

Gov. Tim Walz said Friday he would end the state’s COVID-19 emergency on Aug. 1, but that wasn’t good enough for Senate Republicans who moved to remove Walz’s emergency powers on July 1. 
by Tim Pugmire

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Congress votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump

Congress votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump

Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory rollback under President Donald Trump.
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