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Price tag for Minnesota's 2020 presidential primary expected to rise

Price tag for Minnesota's 2020 presidential primary expected to rise

Secretary of State Simon said the March 3 primary is likely to cost several million dollars. He’s pushing local administrators to give him their best estimate now for pulling off the state’s first White House primary since 1992.
by Brian Bakst

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Listening to the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change

Listening to the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change

The latest dispatch from the frontier of climate change: An arctic community just saw the largest die-off of reindeer in a decade. Journalist Amy Martin is talking to the people witnessing such impacts firsthand.
by Paul Huttner, Jayne Solinger and Megan Burks

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Police shoot, kill man in north Minneapolis confrontation

Police shoot, kill man in north Minneapolis confrontation

Officers responding to calls of shots fired just before 3 a.m. in the Hawthorne neighborhood found a woman wounded and an armed suspect. Officials say the officers’ body cameras recorded the confrontation.
by Brandt Williams

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NW Minn. county first in state to use video chat for 911 calls

NW Minn. county first in state to use video chat for 911 calls

When the technology goes live later this month, Pennington County dispatchers will be able to activate a caller’s cellphone camera. Sheriff Ray Kuznia says it’s the future.
by Dan Gunderson

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New law curbs e-cigarette use indoors beginning Aug. 1

New law curbs e-cigarette use indoors beginning Aug. 1

A Minnesota state law banning vaping in most indoor public places takes effect Thursday. Some believe the law will slow an explosion in popularity, others are skeptical.
by Nina Moini

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Lawmakers are trying to control the cost of insulin — why our bodies need it

Lawmakers are trying to control the cost of insulin — why our bodies need it

A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced the beginnings of a plan to help Minnesotans who struggle to afford insulin Monday. So, what is it about insulin that makes it so critical?
by Steven John, Dr. Jon Hallberg and Kyle Shiely

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At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

John Metcalf Middle School Principal Shannon McParland apologized in December after she was filmed repeating a racial slur at school. But teachers, students and parents say the video seemed to give others license to use the epithet. They say a culture of racism and retaliation, enabled by school leadership, poisoned the school.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Cops: Wisconsin killings may have been tied to kidnap attempt

Cops: Wisconsin killings may have been tied to kidnap attempt

Authorities say some elements in the shooting deaths of five people in a small Wisconsin town are similar to last year’s abduction of western Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs.
by Tim Nelson

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