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Politics Friday: Addressing a spike in light rail crime

Politics Friday: Addressing a spike in light rail crime

On this edition of Politics Friday, host Mike Mulcahy sits down with Metropolitan Council chair Charlie Zelle to talk about safety on Twin Cities buses and light rail. Then, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel talks about the multi-million bonding request. And we end the show with MPR News political reporters Brian Bakst and Mark Zdechlick with an update ahead of the Nevada caucuses.
by Mike Mulcahy and Karen Zamora

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Ellison: Mille Lacs band still has 61K-acre reservation

Ellison: Mille Lacs band still has 61K-acre reservation

Minnesota's attorney general contends the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation still exists. In a legal filing this week, Attorney General Keith Ellison backed the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe's assertion that the band has 61,000 acres across the south shore of Mille Lacs Lake.
by The Associated Press

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Nevada caucus results

Nevada caucus results

With Nevada’s caucuses in the history books, the Democratic candidates are focusing their full attention on the next state up in the process: South Carolina. We turn to a political scientist for a review of the win by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and a preview as the race for president speeds up in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states.
by Kerri Miller and Breann Schossow

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Trump administration targets your 'warrant-proof' encrypted messages

Trump administration targets your 'warrant-proof' encrypted messages

Encryption is going mainstream, and some tech companies "throw away the key" so they can't decrypt messages even when police get a warrant. The government says that's taking privacy too far.
by Martin Kaste

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U.S.: Taliban's 'reduction of violence' deal to start Friday night

A peace agreement, to be signed in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 29, will pave the way for a withdrawal of U.S. troops and intra- Afghan negotiations. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the peace agreement will also lead to an eventual permanent cease-fire.
by The Associated Press

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Wounded but defiant, Bloomberg promises to keep fighting

Wounded but defiant, Bloomberg promises to keep fighting

Mike Bloomberg is not going away. That's the message being sent by the defiant Democratic billionaire Thursday after an underwhelming presidential debate debut that rattled would-be supporters and thrilled critics in both parties.
by The Associated Press

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