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Margaret Anderson Kelliher is back after eight years out of politics. Can she win over today’s DFL?

Anderson Kelliher was Speaker of the Minnesota House for four years but dropped off the political map after falling short in her 2010 bid for governor.

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Community Voices Immigration: Separating families immoral, inhumane By Mankato Free Press \| 02:00 pm	Second Opinion Forcibly separating children from parents can have long-lasting emotional and physical consequences By Susan Perry \| 08:51 am
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The U.S. must care for those fleeing violence and torture

By Curt Goering | 08:00 am

People are fleeing for their lives, for the lives of their children. The U.S. is intentionally compounding their trauma and fear by separating children from their parents.

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How broadband helped a small town in Greater Minnesota land a high-tech business

By Gregg Aamot | 06/19/18

The presence of a new business along the main drag of this Sibley County town – and a high-tech one, at that – has generated some buzz in the community.

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Yes, the unemployment rate among black Minnesotans is at a record low. But it's still almost double the state average

By Ibrahim Hirsi | 06/19/18

“It’s nice that things are trending in a better direction,” said the Urban League's Shawn Lewis, “but our nation has been way too tolerant about having higher levels of black unemployment.”

Artscape

Cast is awesome in compelling 'Fellow Travelers'; 'Equivocation' at the Gremlin

By Pamela Espeland | 06/19/18

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There is a better way: The preferred route for a necessary pipeline

By Harry Melander and Doug Loon | 06/19/18

PUC staff agreed in a recent report that Enbridge's new route would have the least impact on the environment.

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules against Bloomington in trash collection case

By MinnPost staff | 12:46 pm

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Party Politics Amid glee over DFL 'disarray,' the Minnesota GOP will have to deal with its own discord By Michael Brodkorb \| 11:55 am	Politics & Policy This week in Minnesota campaign coverage: Trump in Duluth, Pawlenty in Hutch and Ellison in Mankato By Amy Juang \| 03:22 pm
Community Voices Immigration: Separating families immoral, inhumane By Mankato Free Press \| 02:00 pm	Second Opinion Forcibly separating children from parents can have long-lasting emotional and physical consequences By Susan Perry \| 08:51 am
Artscape 'Is God Is' to open Mixed Blood season; Made Here: 'Avenues' launch party By Pamela Espeland \| 08:20 am	Earth Journal Counting the cost of high-tide flooding in homes abandoned to a rising sea By Ron Meador \| 09:01 am

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Margaret Anderson Kelliher is back after eight years out of politics. Can she win over today’s DFL?

Amid glee over DFL 'disarray,' the Minnesota GOP will have to deal with its own discord

This week in Minnesota campaign coverage: Trump in Duluth, Pawlenty in Hutch and Ellison in Mankato

Immigration: Separating families immoral, inhumane

Forcibly separating children from parents can have long-lasting emotional and physical consequences

'Is God Is' to open Mixed Blood season; Made Here: 'Avenues' launch party

Counting the cost of high-tide flooding in homes abandoned to a rising sea

The U.S. must care for those fleeing violence and torture

Election coverage for Minnesotans who give a...

How broadband helped a small town in Greater Minnesota land a high-tech business

Yes, the unemployment rate among black Minnesotans is at a record low. But it's still almost double the state average

Cast is awesome in compelling 'Fellow Travelers'; 'Equivocation' at the Gremlin

MinnPost Picks: on bike sharing, crosswords, and the sound of kids separated from their parents at the border

There is a better way: The preferred route for a necessary pipeline

The Glean

Minnesota Supreme Court rules against Bloomington in trash collection case

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