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Fire trucks or firefighters? Brainerd cuts show tough choices

Fire trucks or firefighters? Brainerd cuts show tough choices

How do you structure fire departments to meet public safety -- and a budget? It's a question many Minnesota cities are asking. Brainerd is taking a different tack.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota organizers to speak at White House labor summit

Minnesota organizers to speak at White House labor summit

The two Minnesotans who'll speak lead groups of low-wage workers including fast food employees and janitors, people who typically haven't been represented by organized labor.
by Jon Collins

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Money, race, politics tangle northern Minnesota land deal

Money, race, politics tangle northern Minnesota land deal

When lawmakers killed White Earth Nation's request to buy land using state Legacy Amendment funds, they said it was about taxes. Critics say it's about keeping tribes from owning land.
by Dan Gunderson

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Data show blacks struggling in MN, but picture incomplete

Data show blacks struggling in MN, but picture incomplete

New Census numbers show black Minnesotans worse off economically in 2014 than they were the year before, but those figures don't tell the whole story of what's happening.
by Doualy Xaykaothao

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Environmental group: Throttle back motorized Boundary Waters trips

Environmental group: Throttle back motorized Boundary Waters trips

Montana-based Wilderness Watch is suing the U.S. Forest Service, arguing the agency is letting outfitters run too many motorized boats into Minnesota's Boundary Waters.
by Dan Kraker

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Play takes on Mpls. homelessness with actors who know the role well

Play takes on Mpls. homelessness with actors who know the role well

"Home Sweet Home" explores panhandling, gentrification, the new Vikings stadium and more, using familiar tunes and humor and featuring performers who've known homelessness.
by Marianne Combs

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Rep. Atkins skips run for congressional seat

Rep. Atkins skips run for congressional seat

The seven-term Democrat said Thursday he wouldn't seek the suburban seat being vacated by Republican Rep. John Kline.
by Tim Pugmire

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Black Lives Matter: Protest, but no disruption of Twin Cities Marathon

Black Lives Matter: Protest, but no disruption of Twin Cities Marathon

Black Lives Matter protesters will be at the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday but will not interrupt the marathon or disturb runners, the protest's organizer said Thursday after meeting with St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.
by Brandt Williams and Tim Nelson

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