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Senate adds hospital aid, reproductive health emergency measure to spending bill
The Lowell Sun - Massachusetts
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June 21, 2025
BOSTON — Another major spending bill continued its journey through the Legislature on Wednesday as the Senate approved a $532 million measure pumping more money into hospitals, rental aid, home care for seniors and more. The Senate voted 38-2 on...
3 dead in North Dakota tornado; heavy storm damage in Minnesota
CBS News
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Three people are dead in North Dakota, and tens of thousands are without power in northern Minnesota after powerful winds swept across the upper Midwest Friday and overnight Saturday. A complex storm system wreaked havoc in parts of North Dakota,...
Minnesota senator details shooting incident, injuries
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 21, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette released a statement Thursday evening on the shooting last Saturday at their Champlin home that left them critically injured and hospitalized. According to the statement, John...
Trustees approve ‘Dream Team’ of administrators at Alabama healthcare high school
Elmore-Autauga News - Alabama
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June 21, 2025
From Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Top Photo courtesy of ASHS, with cutline: L to R: Susanna Speegle, admissions director; Laura Bailey, dean of curriculum and instruction; Dr. Antonio Cooper, Jr., dean of students; Dr. James Martin,...
$400K in donations pour in for accused Minnesota assassin’s victims: ‘Helping us pick up the broken pieces’
New York Post
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June 21, 2025
One week after accused political assassin Vance Luther Boelter’s vicious attacks on Minnesota lawmakers, online fundraisers for the victims and their families have racked up nearly $400,000. On Monday – two days after Boelter, 57, allegedly shot...
Minnesota assassination prompts lawmakers to wonder: Is service worth the danger?
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 21, 2025
A year into her first term in office, New Jersey Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer decided not to run for reelection. The political world saw her as a rising star in 2023; Jaffer, a Democrat, previously served as the nation’s first female Muslim mayor....
Statewide View: Start seeing Minnesota's trees for the forest values they are
Duluth News Tribune - Minnesota
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June 21, 2025
Hiking through Minnesota’s majestic forests is a tradition enjoyed by generations. Studies show that time in nature boosts mental health and well-being. As you walk beneath the canopy, you might admire the wildlife or listen to a stream wind...
Minnesota shooter claims Walz asked him to kill Klobuchar and others in letter to FBI
The Gazette - Colorado
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The suspect charged with shooting two politicians and their spouses claimed in a letter to the FBI that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) asked him to assassinate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). In a one-page-and-a-half letter described as rambling and difficult to...
Where were the cheapest places to fill up on regular gas in cities in Yellow Medicine County in week ending June 14?
SW Minnesota Today
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June 21, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Yellow Medicine County...
Minnesota State Senator, Wife Say They Were Shot A Combined 17 Times By Masked Assassin
Daily Wire
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June 20, 2025
Minnesota Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, released a statement on Thursday updating the public on their recovery and providing more details about the assassination attempt against them last week. Yvette has been released...
Statewide View: Minnesota lives, jobs at stake with federal health funding cuts
Duluth News Tribune - Minnesota
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June 21, 2025
The administration of President Donald Trump is shaking things up — at the peril of all of us. The April 10 Journal of the American Medical Association editorial, “ A Terrible Moment for Health ," enumerated cuts to the Centers for Disease Control...
Businesses, others question Minnesota cannabis tribal compacts
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Minneapolis, MN (MinnPost) The compacts would go well beyond benefits afforded to tribes in other cannabis states, because they would let tribal enterprises grow and sell cannabis off reservation. People interested in the recreational cannabis...
Opinion: Why Canada’s wildfire smoke is now a fixture for Minnesotans when the weather warms
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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June 21, 2025
What this means is that large, long-duration wildfires in Canada’s boreal forest and the smoke plumes they produce are likely to be a new and persistent phenomenon going forward. According to the U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), anything above 301 is...
Questions Mount Over Ofori-Atta’s Accountability Amid Health Claims
News Ghana
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June 21, 2025
The whereabouts and accountability of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta have become a national debate after Professor Ransford Gyampo questioned whether Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has verified Ofori-Atta’s medical...
How wide is Minnesota Vikings’ window? Looking ahead to 2026 roster
BVM Sports
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June 21, 2025
Mackey and Judd answer a question from listener Alex about the Minnesota Vikings' 3-year window -- specifically the 2026 roster. How wide is the window to contend? What players might the Vikings need to part ways with headed into 2026? Subscribe...
Legislature’s funding boost to expand Anoka mental health hospital aims to reduce numbers of severely mentally ill in Minnesota’s jail
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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June 21, 2025
Although the biennial budget recently passed by Minnesota lawmakers was mostly one of cuts, there was one bright spot for those watching the growing space where criminal justice and mental health intersect: the $75 million expansion of the state’s...
LA Sparks vs Minnesota Lynx Predicted Starting Lineups and Depth Charts for June 21 | 2025 WNBA season
Sportskeeda
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June 21, 2025
Saturday’s WNBA schedule features two compelling matchups, with the primetime game showcasing the LA Sparks taking on the Minnesota Lynx. The Sparks enter at 4-9, while the Lynx boast the league’s top mark at 11-1. This will mark the third meeting...
Caleb Feine: Human first, hero second: protecting firefighter health
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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June 21, 2025
The demanding and changing nature of responding to fires and other emergency situations is taking a major toll on the physical and mental health of firefighters who face a higher risk for developing serious health conditions compared to the...
Minnesota’s rural hospitals may be hard hit by ‘big beautiful bill’
MinnPost - Minnesota
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June 20, 2025
D.C. Memo | A recap of a week’s worth of Washington political news, journalism, and opinion, delivered with an eye toward what matters for Minnesota. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate released its version of the ‘big beautiful bill’ that would help...
The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era
The Guardian
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June 21, 2025
In the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police officer and wearing body armor and a face mask, drove his black Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with flashing lights, to the home of the Minnesota...