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While the region has been DFL territory, GOP legislative hopefuls need only look to strong showings for Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber to know the region is truly up for grabs. Victories here will help determine who controls the state Legislature in 2023….

IHS Markit predicts U.S. GDP will decline and unemployment rates will rise. Meanwhile, state economists are working to determine how a recession will affect tax collections….

University of South Dakota Groups work to amend the law and find resources for people who might need them….

Plus, MPCA settles lawsuit against former employee; Anoka man sets U.S. Pumpkin Weight Record; Minnesota ranks well in cozy town ranking; and many more….

Plus Federal funds for school security in wake of Uvalde; A warm-up, then Cool-down; and a podcast about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment….

So far, 2022 is looking like a comparable –  though slightly better –  year for early and mail voting than 2018, the last midterm and governor election in Minnesota….

An anonymous donor requested that the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health spend this money within one year. A quarter of the money be given to Fidgety Fairy Tales which is a musical theatre group that helps children understand mental illness….

plus: The Minnesota DNR is encouraging deer hunters and other citizens to be citizen scientists. It’ll be summer again in the Twin Cities on Tuesday. This is an effort to save a butterfly species….

Although a lot of Republicans in the U.S. House voted against a major infrastructure bill last year it did not stop them seeking funding for local projects that would have been funded by the bill….

Candidates Wynfred Russ and Hollies Winston both rank crime high on their priority lists, but their proposals offer voters a stark contrast between the two….