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Investigation: Long didn’t violate ethics rules by taking U job

Investigation: Long didn’t violate ethics rules by taking U job

An outside review said Rep. Jamie Long, DFL- Minneapolis, didn’t violate state laws when he took a part-time job at a University of Minnesota think tank, despite evidence that he discussed the job with a university employee for months before it was posted publicly.
by Briana Bierschbach

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'Your body being used': Where prisoners who can't vote fill voting districts

'Your body being used': Where prisoners who can't vote fill voting districts

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as living where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.
by Kumari Devarajan and Hansi Lo Wang

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Census Bureau finds Latinos, Asians sensitive to now-blocked citizenship question

Census Bureau finds Latinos, Asians sensitive to now-blocked citizenship question

The question would have likely lowered census response rates in some areas, according to the Census Bureau's final report on its experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.
by Hansi Lo Wang

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3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare

3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare

As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace Obamacare with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.” Three years later, Trump still hasn't managed to repeal and replace his predecessor's big legislative achievement.
by The Associated Press

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In population chase, Minnesota fares better than most neighbors

In population chase, Minnesota fares better than most neighbors

Minnesota’s population grew by an estimated 33,000 people from July 2018 to July 2019, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. But will it be enough to save all eight of the state’s U.S. House seats?
by Brian Bakst

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Debate over wine and beer in grocery stores to resume in 2020

Debate over wine and beer in grocery stores to resume in 2020

A long-running debate over wine and beer sales in grocery stores is expected to pick up again in the new year after some big brewers said they will stop making 3.2 beer. Minnesota is now the last state where the weaker brew is sold.
by Tim Pugmire

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Tracing your family's roots may soon get a lot more expensive

Tracing your family's roots may soon get a lot more expensive

Access to some genealogical records kept by the U.S. government may get a lot more expensive, especially for those seeking family records for immigrants from the late 1800s to mid-1900s.
by David Greene

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Rep. John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer

Rep. John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, vowing he will keep serving and fight the disease with the tenacity with which he battled racial discrimination and other inequalities dating to the civil rights era.
by The Associated Press

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