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Cathy Wurzer
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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Minnesota Farmer’s Union president on stalled Farm Bill, weather extremes and Walz veepstakes

Minnesota Farmer’s Union president on stalled Farm Bill, weather extremes and Walz veepstakes

U.S. Congress has to pass — or at least pass an extension of — the 2018 Farm Bill by Sept. 30, but talks have stalled after months of party-line debate.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Sen. Tina Smith reacts to Gov. Tim Walz joining Democratic presidential ticket

Sen. Tina Smith reacts to Gov. Tim Walz joining Democratic presidential ticket

Sen. Tina Smith talks with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer and senior politics editor Brian Bakst about Gov. Tim Walz being the vice presidential pick for the Democratic presidential ticket.
by Cathy Wurzer and Brian Bakst

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Big job ahead for panel tasked with felony marijuana expungements

Big job ahead for panel tasked with felony marijuana expungements

Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana-related cases have already been erased but the task of expunging records of felony convictions is far more complex. A new state board is figuring out how to do it. 
by Matt Sepic

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Job Interview: Cannabis cultivator got her start by growing tomatoes with dad

Job Interview: Cannabis cultivator got her start by growing tomatoes with dad

A year after cannabis was legalized in Minnesota, dispensaries in tribal nations have been cultivating and selling the drug. Nahayla Londo of the Waabigwan Mashkiki Dispensary in White Earth Nation, assumed growing marijuana would be similar to her family's vegetable garden.
by Lukas Levin

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