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Plus: news conference on marijuana ends in shouting match; unpaid hospital debt in Minnesota surged in 2017; St. Paul police officer charged in excessive force case; and more.

Plus: Kashkari on interest rates; Vogue profiles Klobuchar; St. Paul adjusts recruiting tactics to find black women candidates; and more.

Plus: researchers say Minnesota among fastest-warming states in the country; Klobuchar dismisses fake presidential campaign logos; Jimmy Butler-led 76ers blow out Timberwolves; and more.

Plus: group forms to figure out realistic recreational marijuana legalization plan for Minnesota; high school friend of Closs kidnapper interview; cold weather forecast; and more.

Plus: Walz, legislative leaders want ‘early wins’; Minnesota likely to set another mild winter milestone this week; Super Bowl-winning coach Kubiak to join Vikings staff; and more.

Plus: Minnesota’s disability inclusion score continues slide; River Falls federal worker rationing insulin during shutdown; suburbs sue driveway sealant companies over carcinogen; and more.

Plus: celebrated Twin Cities musician Willie Murphy dies at 75; plan to build several islands near head of Lake Pepin moving forward; Stillwater film group faces backlash over ‘Woody Allen month’; and more.

Plus: shutdown threatens Isle Royale wolf, moose research; retail vacancy rate up in Twin Cities; what Kaywin Feldman may bring to the National Gallery; and more.

Plus: Aveda Corp. to sell Minneapolis’ Aveda Institute; Google looks to build data center in Becker; Mark Rosen says goodbye to WCCO; and more.

Plus: Hortman disables state House mute button; Minnesota fire deaths down; doctors increasingly prescribing painkiller combo with high risk of overdose; and more.

Plus: plans for Riverview Corridor inch forward; Minneapolis City Council Member Jenkins plans forum on race relations after cafe incident; Mondale among those encouraging Klobuchar to run for president; and more.

Also: Minnesota farmers switching back to wheat; Finney joins Fletcher in the Ramsey County Sheriff’s office; Walz’s first executive order; and more.

Plus:  federal court employees in Minnesota told to work without pay; the death-of-Uptown debate never dies; Sports Illustrated says Vikings’ GM Rick Spielman puts on shoes before pants; and more.

Plus: a guide to the 2019 Legislature; Sun Country adds routes; first Liberian-American Brooklyn Park City Council member sworn in; and more.

Plus: conviction of I-94 protester overturned; Target Field to get ‘living wall’; Minneapolis tower development could be in jeopardy; longtime Iron Range politician Tom Rukavina dies; and more.

Plus: flu season off to a slow start; McCollum calls action by Park Service illegal; average rents down slightly in Twin Cities; and more.

Plus: Minnesota still failing to meet goals aimed at addressing climate change; Five candidates running in special election for Minnesota Senate seat; pedestrian fatalities in east metro prompt warnings from officials; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis ranks #2 for millennial home ownership; Minnesota GOP chair will seek re-election; checking in with Minnesota’s freshman GOP U.S. Reps.; and more.

Plus: Feds confiscate variety of rhinoceros and elephant parts from Oakdale couple; Twins unveil new look for main Target Field entrance; Ellison talks AG priorities; and more.