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Bipartisan bill proposes student teacher stipends to combat teacher shortage in Minnesota
The 12-week pilot program is slated to start in the 2024-25 school year in collaboration with colleges in Duluth, St. Cloud and elsewhere in Greater Minnesota.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job.
Marijuana rescheduling will make pot businesses 'significantly more profitable'
Tax write-offs could save businesses millions and lead to lower prices for consumers.
To the chagrin of surviving spouses, medical debts in Minnesota can outlive patients
Senator who enabled spousal liability for medical debts of deceased loved ones calls practice "repulsive" and wants state law repealed.
Under pressure, Minnesota legislators debate proposal to allow early marijuana growing
"If we do not create a pathway for well-prepared cultivators to begin their build-outs right now, Minnesota will not have a cannabis supply chain until mid- to late-2026 at the earliest," one aspiring cultivator warned.
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, advancing the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it.
Omar faces pushback for calling some Jewish students 'pro-genocide' at Columbia
The three-term Democrat could face another censure attempt from House Republicans.
Walz selects leader for new state agency focused on children and families
The new agency will consolidate state programming for children into one unified jurisdiction.
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Dennis Anderson
Anderson: Courts, not politicians, should rule on Red Lake, White Earth lands
Look to the Mille Lacs case for an example of treaty claims correctly decided by courts, not the Minnesota Legislature.
Laura Yuen
Yuen: He donated his sperm to friends. Now he wants to be dad to the 5-year-old.
A sperm donor's paternity case could have statewide ramifications for same-sex couples and other families who rely on assisted reproduction.
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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
and changing the course of lives.
Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now.
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions in hush money trial as key witness resumes testimony
Donald Trump faces the prospect of additional sanctions in his hush money trial as he returns to court Thursday for another contempt hearing followed by testimony from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president.
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family.
FBI agent reveals how the agency's massive fraud investigation began in Feeding Our Future trial
An FBI agent was the second person to testify this week in the trial for seven defendants with ties to Feeding Our Future.
Advocates say Supreme Court must preserve new, mostly Black US House district for 2024 elections
Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections, the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers and the balance of power in the next Congress.
Campaign to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour confident it will get on the ballot
Missouri voters on Wednesday got a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, after a group behind the effort said it turned in nearly double the required number of signatures.
West Virginia GOP County Commissioners removed from office after arrest for skipping meetings
A three-judge panel ordered Wednesday that two county commissioners in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle be removed from office over a month after they were arrested for purposefully jilting their duties by skipping public meetings.
Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020's drawn-out vote count.
Union Pacific undermined regulators' efforts to assess safety, US agency says
Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government's efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined, federal regulators say.