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Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Medicare’s open enrollment period begins Tuesday amid market turmoil. Health systems in Minnesota are part of a nationwide trend in which shrinking profits have led some to drop Medicare Advantage plans.
by Erica Zurek

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Control of state House could hinge on a sleepy district outside Duluth

Control of state House could hinge on a sleepy district outside Duluth

Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives could come down to one race in a district outside Duluth, where first-term Republican Natalie Zeleznikar is being challenged by Democratic retired judge Mark Munger.
by Dan Kraker

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Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

A federal jury on Friday returned guilty verdicts against a Brooklyn Park man in connection with a crash last year that killed five young women on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Thompson’s conviction in this trial wasn’t for the crash itself, but the cocaine, 2,000 fentanyl pills, and gun that police found in the SUV.
by Matt Sepic

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In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom

In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom

Teachers at Bloomington Kennedy High School are taking a practical view on artificial intelligence, teaching students how to use the technology and helping them understand where it can spin out of control, a sort of driver’s ed approach to AI.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Art Hounds: Get in the Halloween spirit

Art Hounds: Get in the Halloween spirit

Minnesota artists recommend a play centered on a wily witch. Also Lanesboro’s Commonweal Theatre produces the Pulitzer-winning play, “Doubt.”
by Emily Bright

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Facing Hurricane Milton: Floridians and Minnesotans share stories of escape and resilience

Facing Hurricane Milton: Floridians and Minnesotans share stories of escape and resilience

As Hurricane Milton targets Florida, Minnesotans step up with relief efforts while others face the challenges of evacuation and honestly assessing home safety.
by MPR News Staff and Nicole Johnson

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Advocacy group hails housing developers‘ commitments to worker protections

Advocacy group hails housing developers‘ commitments to worker protections

Two affordable housing developers announced Wednesday that they will sign on to a program designed to protect workers in the Twin Cities non-union construction industry from exploitation.
by Regina Medina

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Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist and mom addresses work-life balance in new book

Climate scientist Anna Farro Henderson talks about balancing a career in politics, climate science with motherhood, a subject she explores in her new book “Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood.”
by Paul Huttner and Matthew Alvarez

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Jury convicts three members of Minneapolis Bloods gang at racketeering trial

Jury convicts three members of Minneapolis Bloods gang at racketeering trial

A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three members of the Minneapolis Bloods gang in connection with the murder of two rivals. The case is notable because jurors found one of the defendants guilty of racketeering.
by Matt Sepic

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