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Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses. But the Office of Cannabis Management is facing pushback this week after it rejected around two-thirds of the applicants it deemed ineligible.
by Matt Sepic

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Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge

Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge

For the past few weeks, there has been a distinctive rattling rising from the wetland around the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour’s drive north of the Twin Cities metro. It’s the sound of thousands of sandhill cranes gathering to rest and feed before migrating south for the winter.
by Kirsti Marohn

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EagleCam expansion: Minnesota DNR says new camera, new nesting pair will go live this week

EagleCam expansion: Minnesota DNR says new camera, new nesting pair will go live this week

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced its popular and beloved EagleCam feed will resume on Thursday at a new location, after the nest previously featured on camera fell in 2023.
by MPR News Staff

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How UnitedHealth’s playbook for limiting mental health coverage puts countless Americans’ treatment at risk

How UnitedHealth’s playbook for limiting mental health coverage puts countless Americans’ treatment at risk

United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of regulation.

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Grapegate: Remembering the New York Times’ grape salad debacle 10 years later

Grapegate: Remembering the New York Times’ grape salad debacle 10 years later

The New York Times said it “scoured the nation for recipes that evoke each of the 50 states,” and Minnesota wound up with a grape monstrosity mixed with sour cream and topped with brown sugar.
by Anna Haecherl

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’We were already struggling’: Several Somali mothers say they were duped into paying for poor tutoring services

’We were already struggling’: Several Somali mothers say they were duped into paying for poor tutoring services

Eighteen local Somali mothers say they were unknowingly signed up to pay for thousands of dollars in tutoring services through their state tax refunds.
by Joey Peters

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