Author: MinnPost

One day in early February, a Bloomington police detective got a call that a man had told his family that he planned to shoot himself in the head. The detective, Matt Jones, found the man at his home where, according to a Minnesota District Court filing, he “admitted to officers that he was planning to buy a gun today and always believed that when he dies it will be by his own hand.” Jones then took a step that is becoming increasingly common among officers in Hennepin County and, to an extent, throughout the state: He persuaded a state court…

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As Congress raced to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to President Donald Trump before the Fourth of July, Erin Murphy pounced. “If you cut health care to give tax cuts to the wealthy you should have to bathe and care for the seniors, sick and disabled you hurt,” the Minnesota Legislature’s DFL Senate majority leader posted on X.  In an interview this week, Murphy vowed to have the Senate hold hearings on the Trump policy bill in the coming months even though the Legislature is out of session. (This is perfectly legal, so long as convening committees do not take action…

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, who has tried with limited success to make huge changes in federal policy through executive power, scored a huge victory when Congress approved a massive budget bill that will speed his domestic agenda. The legislation would roll back policies implemented by former President Joe Biden aimed at fighting climate change and expanding health care coverage for low and middle-income Americans. But it would create winners, too, especially among the state’s corporations and wealthy taxpayers. Here’s a breakdown of some Minnesotans who would gain, or lose, under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: The winners –…

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