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Gov. Tim Walz is already under intense lobbying to order a statewide closure of Minnesota schools when a mass of subzero temperatures envelopes rolls in next week. He said the pressure is coming from his two children - ages 12 and 18 - who have reminded him of similar closure declarations by former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson and former DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in 2014 "We'll explore it," Walz told reporters Friday. School districts typically make their own individual decisions on whether it's too...
A Democratic official who has spoken to Al Franken and key aides says Franken will resign his Minnesota Senate seat on Thursday, the official tells MPR News. The official spoke to Franken and separately to Franken's staff. A staff member told the official that Franken had gone to his Washington home to discuss his plans with family. • Earlier: Most Senate Dems calling for Franken to resign after new allegation MPR News agreed to withhold the official's name because the official wanted to give F...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leader of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe warned Wednesday that a federal government shutdown in its second day would have ramifications on the northwestern Minnesota tribe's health services and its fishery. In an interview, tribal chairwoman Erma Vizenor said that slowdowns in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be sorely felt. She said the tribe is concerned it won't receive normal reimbursement for health services and health workers might put in hours they may never be paid for....
