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Supporters hope federal family leave law will pump up state effort
A new law guarantees paid parental leave to federal employees. Backers of a Minnesota plan to require private employees to offer leave for dependent care say that could give momentum to their cause.
Diversity big on the ballot in race for a Minnesota House seat
Six of the 12 candidates in the coming District 60A special election in Minneapolis are first- or second-generation immigrants, part of a growing trend of people with new-immigrant roots seeking political power in Minnesota and the U.S.