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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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The push for an Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota

The push for an Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota

Advocates for a proposed Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, to the state constitution hope to bring the question before voters on the November ballot.
by Nina Moini

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Tiny trees and hot glue guns: Behind the scenes with the nation’s Rube Goldberg champs

Tiny trees and hot glue guns: Behind the scenes with the nation’s Rube Goldberg champs

A team of Chatfield High School students are the two-time reigning high school champions of national Rube Goldberg Machine contest. They're hoping for a third consecutive national win in April — but first they have to figure out how to turn out a light.
by Catharine Richert

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'Greed' movie entertains while criticizing clothing industry

'Greed' movie entertains while criticizing clothing industry

The new satire by British director Michael Winterbottom takes aim at the income inequality between the women paid pennies to make clothes and the ultra-wealthy men who sell those clothes.
by Euan Kerr

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What it’s like to support a family on $12.50 an hour

What it’s like to support a family on $12.50 an hour

Many assume low-wage workers are teenagers, but data show that most are adults in their prime working years, and many support families on those wages. In recent years, economists say it’s also become increasingly challenging for low-wage workers to change careers or move up the ladder.
by Jon Collins

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Biden wins Minnesota presidential primary, in wake of Klobuchar endorsement

Biden wins Minnesota presidential primary, in wake of Klobuchar endorsement

Former Vice President Joe Biden won Minnesota’s presidential primary Tuesday, propelled by the endorsement of Sen. Amy Klobuchar to an unexpected victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
by Brian Bakst and David H. Montgomery

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Super Tuesday goes on without Klobuchar

Super Tuesday goes on without Klobuchar

Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in Dallas Monday night campaigning for another candidate — former Vice President Joe Biden — the night before Minnesota Democrats weighed in on the presidential nomination.
by Mark Zdechlik

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GOP state senators scrutinizing Walz appointees

GOP state senators scrutinizing Walz appointees

Republican leaders are hinting that some of Gov. Tim Walz’s choices to lead state agencies could be in trouble.
by Tim Pugmire

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The census counts prisoners, but who benefits?

The census counts prisoners, but who benefits?

Should Minnesota count prisoners as residents of the town where they’re locked up or use their last address? It’s become an important question for prison towns — and some state lawmakers — as the census approaches.
by Nina Moini

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Former Viking Chris Kluwe attacks online harassment in YA sci-fi novel ‘Otaku’

Former Viking Chris Kluwe attacks online harassment in YA sci-fi novel ‘Otaku’

Chris Kluwe, who retired from the NFL in 2014, combines a lifelong love of science fiction and a concern about equal rights to take on gamers who use the internet to make life miserable for female gamers.
by Euan Kerr

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Wrapping up the month in Minnesota weather

According to climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley, most climate stations in Minnesota are reporting an average monthly temperature within one degree of the historic average for February.
by Cathy Wurzer and MPR News Staff

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