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Ex-cons get a deeper look from employers in tight Minnesota job market

Ex-cons get a deeper look from employers in tight Minnesota job market

With Minnesota's near-record jobless rate and more openings than people looking for work, there's new opportunity for people who've historically had the hardest time landing jobs — people with criminal records.
by Martin Moylan

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Santas of color, once met with controversy, now in high demand

Santas of color, once met with controversy, now in high demand

Santa Larry made headlines in 2016 when he made his debut, because he was the first-ever African-American Santa at the Mall of America. While black and Hispanic Santas are common in other parts of the country, they're not in Minnesota.
by Riham Feshir

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Tribune, Tronc and beyond: A slur, a secret payout, and a looming sale

Tribune, Tronc and beyond: A slur, a secret payout, and a looming sale

Tribune Publishing secretly started to pay more than $2.5 million to a fired news executive to settle a lawsuit. It sought to keep a slur by controlling owner Michael Ferro from becoming public.
by David Folkenflik

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Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses

Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.
by Associated Press

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New shelter opens for residents of Minneapolis homeless camp

New shelter opens for residents of Minneapolis homeless camp

Social workers are trying to convince some who are leery of living in a shelter to try a new navigation center across the highway from the encampment.
by Max Nesterak

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Barron to light 'tree of hope' for Jayme Closs

Barron to light 'tree of hope' for Jayme Closs

Residents are hoping for the safe return of Jayme, the 13-year-old missing since mid-October when her parents were found shot to death in their northwestern Wisconsin home.
by Jiwon Choi

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5 questions as Minneapolis opens experimental homeless shelter

5 questions as Minneapolis opens experimental homeless shelter

The "navigation center" is the first of its kind in Minnesota and could be a model for sheltering homeless across the state, if it succeeds. Here's what it's about.
by Max Nesterak

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Poll: Americans want Trump to compromise on border wall amid possible shutdown

Poll: Americans want Trump to compromise on border wall amid possible shutdown

Fifty-seven percent don't think demanding funding for the wall is worth the gridlock, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. Many do not consider the wall a top priority for the next Congress, either.

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Macron to break silence, address French nation amid protests

Macron to break silence, address French nation amid protests

Pressure is mounting on French President Emmanuel Macron to announce concrete measures to calm protests marked by violence when he addresses the nation Monday evening.
by Associated Press

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In northern Wisconsin, fighting addiction started with recruiting the right doctor

In northern Wisconsin, fighting addiction started with recruiting the right doctor

While opioids get all the attention, rural communities struggle with substances like meth and alcohol, too. One clinic in northern Wisconsin is building up capacity to treat all of them, using both medicine and counseling.
by Bram Sable-Smith

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