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New year, new laws: These laws are now in effect in Minnesota

New year, new laws: These laws are now in effect in Minnesota

More than a dozen new laws go into effect Jan. 1. The state will see more protections for concert ticket buyers, salary ranges required in job postings, additional rights for renters and more.
by Anna Haecherl and Anika Besst

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4 ways news media fuel polarization, and some ways to stop it

4 ways news media fuel polarization, and some ways to stop it

We live in politically polarized times, and media coverage can be part of the problem, says Diana Mutz, an author and professor who wants American news organizations to rethink how they present political news.
by Catharine Richert

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Minneapolis land trust homeowners shocked by big property tax increases

Minneapolis land trust homeowners shocked by big property tax increases

Many homeowners across Minnesota are facing an increase in their property taxes next year. But owners of land trust houses in Minneapolis are facing whopping tax increases of more than 40 percent after a change in state law. Low-income owners in the program say it puts them in a tough spot.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Longtime Minnesota blues band faces uncertainty after front man suffers stroke

Longtime Minnesota blues band faces uncertainty after front man suffers stroke

The Lamont Cranston Band has been playing at venues across the state and country since 1969. Front man Pat “Lamont” Hayes had a stroke in December, putting the band’s future in limbo.
by Emily Reese and Ngoc Bui

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Job market jitters real for some mid-career Minnesotans and recent grads

Job market jitters real for some mid-career Minnesotans and recent grads

Even with the state’s relatively low 3.5 percent unemployment rate, some younger Minnesotans coming out of college and those in mid-career are seeing a job market now that worries them. Recent announcements of mass layoffs add to the anxiety.
by Anika Besst

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Prayers, songs greet Dakota Riders in Mankato 162 years after hangings

Prayers, songs greet Dakota Riders in Mankato 162 years after hangings

In a revival of a tradition which seemed to have ended two years ago, participants in not one but two Dakota Rides arrived in Mankato Thursday. The event commemorates 38 Dakota men hanged on the day after Christmas in 1862 following the U.S.-Dakota War, and two other Dakota men hanged later.
by Hannah Yang

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Former Duluth head shop owner reacts to Biden commuting his drug sentence

Former Duluth head shop owner reacts to Biden commuting his drug sentence

MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with former Last Place on Earth owner Jim Carlson just hours after his clemency became official — and his ankle bracelet was cut off — on Friday.
by Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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