Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation

President Joe Biden signed the climate change and health care bill Tuesday with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla.

— Susan Walsh, Associated Press

President Joe Biden signed Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the "final piece" of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party's standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections.

Twin Cities, Duluth nurses authorize potentially historic strike

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Hospitals call nurse wage demands economically crippling, but nurses call them necessary to stem staffing crisis.

State board revokes Twin Cities plastic surgeon's license after string of molestation accusations

Christopher Kovanda last ran his medical practice from this Minneapolis office complex.

The board concluded that he sexually abused two women.

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott surprises Minnesota nonprofit with $1.9M

MacKenzie Scott has given millions to Minnesota nonprofits.

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Kim M. Smith, leader of the Utah Deaf Hospital Rights movement and president of the Utah Association of the Deaf.

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Prosecutors struggle to catch up to a tidal wave of pandemic fraud

Millions of Americans sought unemployment benefits during the height of the pandemic.

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