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Between election day and the deadline for officials to produce voter lists, lawmakers have time to make changes to address some privacy concerns. Yet legislators seem divided on what to do, if anything.
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Legislative leaders’ comments suggest there could be some (but not too much) new spending and some (but not too much) tax cutting.
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The request —$20 million in this year’s supplemental budget — would be distributed to small organizations that work to respond to the impacts of gun violence and to de-escalate confrontations that can lead to gunfire.
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Because — besides the inherent sexiness of the topic — Minnesota doesn’t account for inflation in state spending forecasts. Why that may (or may not) matter.
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On Tuesday night, precinct caucuses for both the DFL and Minnesota GOP will be held in more than 4,000 locations around the state.
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It is an election year, after all.
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Running against big cities has long been part of GOP election campaigns. It is especially potent when there are no Republicans elected from those cities, as in the case in Minnesota.
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“If you are not in with your paperwork by June first, I cannot guarantee,” you will get a REAL ID by the Oct. 1 federally mandated deadline, said Emma Corrie, director of the state’s Driver and Vehicle Services division.
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Meanwhile, at the Legislature, bills by Republicans and DFLers are also seeking to respond to the reality and perception that Metro Transit trains and buses aren’t safe.
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All members of the House and Senate are meeting at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs for an all-day gathering called the “One Minnesota Legislative Policy Conference.”
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With the House and Senate still split between the DFL and the GOP and a critical election on the horizon in November, the session could end with few accomplishments.
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What was supposed to be a meeting on Wednesday to consider responses to increased crime on Metro Transit’s light rail lines dissolved into an argument over who should be the chair of the joint commission that oversees the Met Council.
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The explanations offered by both Democrats and Republicans have to do with the pharmaceutical industry.
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The discussion came amid growing concerns that the emerging technologies threaten privacy and civil liberties.
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Why are voters’ party preferences not private? And is anybody trying to do anything about it?
