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Do 'red flag' laws really work to prevent gun violence? An expert weighs in
At the Minnesota Capitol on Monday, the Minnesota House votes on a huge public safety bill. A conference committee added a provision that some call a ‘red flag’ bill to allow law enforcement to temporarily take guns from persons believed to be a risk to themselves or to others.
When is the peak of hail season in Minnesota?
Following another week of consistent warm temperatures, an MPR News listener wanted to know when the peak of the hail season in Minnesota begins. The answer? Soon.
Almost all Minnesota workers may get paid time off for family and medical leave 
MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talked with a reporter and two experts about how the proposed state-run insurance program would work and how it could affect small businesses.
As DFL drives final pieces of agenda, business interests object
As the DFL majority at the Minnesota Capitol passes the final pieces of its agenda, some business groups and health organizations are pushing back.
Ramsey Co. Attorney on his office's progress 'reimagining juvenile justice'
Preliminary findings from a new program in Ramsey County that’s meant to divert youth out of the criminal justice system is showing some positive results. But it’s too early to tell whether it’s keeping youth from committing new crimes.
In J. Ryan Stradal's new book, the Midwest supper club is a character unto itself
“Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club” is a family drama set in and around a supper club in the fictional northern Minnesota town of Bear Jaw. Author J. Ryan Stradal says it’s “the kind of book you can’t take the Minnesota out of in editing.”