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3 years

MN Gov. Tim Walz says there could be competition for dry ice between shipping vaccines and shipping cheese curds in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I did NOT see that one coming.

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4 years

State DPS Commissioner John Harrington just announced the the officer responsible for death of George Floyd was arrested by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension this morning. No word on what charges were used for arrest. The other three officers fired not arrested.

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4 years

First thing I noticed when going to vote in Minneapolis today was how young the poll workers were. They really stepped up.

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1 year

MN Gov. Tim Walz said today he'll call for universal school lunch. This is what that's about

A renewed call for universal free lunch in Minnesota: COVID-related program ends June 30 - MinnPost

What is the Community Eligibility Provision program and should students get it for free?

www.minnpost.com

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3 years

MN Gov. Tim Walz asks his political opponents to "wear and mask and stay healthy if only so you can vote against me in two years."

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3 years

I went to high school here. Yes, I m a wizard

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2 months

Rally in support of old state flag at Minnesota Capitol.

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2 years

Oddly, the viral moment in last night's MN governor debate was Scott Jensen saying Tim Walz "has a wonderful smile." Asked about it afterward, Walz said he got a text from his wife Gwen who said, "Never in my life have I heard anyone say you have a nice smile.... (1/2)

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1 year

Minnesota senators are now debating a rule change that would let them drink water on the floor during sessions, as long as they are in clear bottles. This is apparently controversial.

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3 years

MN Gov Tim Walz said the violent rhetoric at last week's Storm the Capitol rally in St. Paul led State Patrol to take his son out of mansion to a safe place. Said his son was in tears, looking for his dog. Was first evac of mansion.

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Minneapolis DFL chair Devin Hogan on the burning of the police precinct following murder of George Floyd ... (1/2) "Like it or not, setting the Third Precinct on fire was a genuine revolutionary moment. An act of pure righteousness to open new worlds of understanding...."

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3 years

The MN Senate Judiciary Committee just defeated an amendment that would have ordered police standards board to deny or remove licenses from officers who are members of white supremacist groups. Was party line with GOP voting against, DFL yes.

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3 years

Hot mic in the MN House tonight: "Bullshit balls. Shit, I got to go hook up my voter thing. Damn it, damn it, damn it."

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2 years

Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors announce that next week patrons of bars and restaurants and clubs must show vax status or negative PCR test. Jan 19 for non ticketed event, Jan 26 for ticketed events

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6 years

But after Johnson called himself a conservationist, Walz said "I called myself an astronaut when I was little. I wasn't one."

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6 years

Rebecca Otto pulls off the best stunt of day when she shows up in last hour of filing. Was she running? What for? Nope, she brought cookies for election office staff.

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"She said 'I love you but that is just how your face is shaped.'" "I'm glad he likes it," Walz joked. "That's what I've been waiting for." (2/2)

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3 years

GOP state representative from Lakeville to state GOP chair

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3 years

Pretty sure Sen. Klobuchar won't be identified as "A woman" this year. But you never know.

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5 years

Happy first day of meteorological spring Minnesota

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4 years

BCA has arrested the Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin

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1 year

Minnesota Legislature adjourns a budget session on time for just the 8th time in 40 years.

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3 years

Of the three days of filibuster by MN House GOP, House Speaker Melissa Hortman said: "We gave them a full and fair opportunity to make idiots of themselves, which they took us up on."

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6 years

This is what it looks like when only one candidate shows up to a debate. Karin Housley vs non-Tina Smith

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2 years

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2 years

Minnesota Supreme Court says redistricting maps will be released at noon Tuesday.

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3 years

MN State Rep John Thompson calls on Gov Tim Walz to “show some testicular fortitude” on police reform. “We don’t need a press conference with you governor, we need a leader”

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3 years

@mauramaura Peter is out there right now somewhere and I've got my eye out for headlines like "Peter is really scary and everyone should run away"

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4 years

From Biden press pool...asked why he was going to Minnesota? “No I’m not concerned. We’re gonna be in Iowa, we’re gonna be in Wisconsin, so I thought I’d stop in Minnesota. I don’t take anything for granted. we’re gonna work for every single vote up til the last minute.”

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4 years

Minneapolis does what state hasn't - require face masks in public.

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4 years

Oh my. The MN House DFL needed six GOP votes to get 60 percent vote on bonding etc. bill. They got 25 (by my count). Bill passes 100-34 and heads to Senate tomorrow.

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4 years

MN House Chief Clerk Patrick Murphy is the unsung hero of the new-normal legislative session. Everything is done by oral roll call and he takes them all.

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4 years

Yes, we are experiencing a level of non transparency at the Minnesota state capitol that I haven't witnessed in any statehouse. Bills are written in secret by lawmakers meeting in secret that are being released shortly before votes.

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3 years

Final vote was 127 ayes, 1 no and 1 Bullshit Balls.

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4 years

40 years ago today I was woken up on a Sunday by a Seattle AP editor calling me to work because something happened at Mt. Saint Helens. There'd been many false alarms and I was the cheapest overtime so I'd gotten these calls many times. It wasn't a false alarm.

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From Minnesota Secretary of State 637,463 absentee ballots have been requested. So far, 423,032 have been returned and accepted. Compare that to total state vote in 2016 primary: 294,797

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3 years

Walz said he will leave Forum early because "I am hugely disappointed" with the rhetoric from GOP leaders on election/assault on U.S. Capitol.

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3 years

"... The people declared themselves ungovernable and unilaterally took their power back. The largest international human rights movement in modern history had begun. The youth of Minneapolis carried all of this. The cops started it."

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4 years

Looks like a two Mountain Dew kinda day for MN Gov. Tim Walz.

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5 years

Either Gus is getting a dog or he's the next commissioner of the Department of Human Services.

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1 year

Attendees at a Freedom Rally fill the Minnesota Capitol rotunda

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1 year

The e-bike purchase tax credit is in the Minnesota transportation budget. They even bumped the total devoted to the credits from $2 million to $4 million. (on line 154 here )

Tax credits of up to $1,500 for e-bikes added to Minnesota Senate transportation budget - MinnPost

The program, which has an overall cap of $2 million, is modeled after similar e-bike incentive programs in Colorado that have been popular among consumers.

www.minnpost.com

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3 years

Pros like @gspphoto would never make such a rookie mistake like I did in not noticing the surroundings of a photo subject.

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1 year

Hope springs eternal The dam has broken Water bottle amendment in Minnesota Senate passes 38-29.

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1 year

One of the things we do to pass the time in MN Capitol Press Hall is to note all the different calculations produced by lawmakers on how many joints can be rolled from a pound. The range is quite impressive.

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6 years

Asked about his legacy after 8 years in office, Gov Mark Dayton points to Erin Murphy and says “Here’s my legacy right here”. #mngov

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1 year

Here is your daily only-in-Minnesota bill. HF 1716 would require that all Zambonis sold after Jan. 1, 2025 must be electric.

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2 years

This is new. Gov Walz has said he d sign rec marijuana if passed but he hasn’t proposed it before.

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4 years

March 1, 2019 vs. March 2, 2020 (Minnesota state capitol)

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4 years

MN Gov Tim Walz announces that he wants Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over the prosecution of officers involved in the death of George Floyd.

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3 years

Flew into MSP for first time in 19 months and saw lots of signs touting it as No. 1 airport four years in a row but no signs telling me how to get to baggage claim.

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2 years

I think this meant something different when M Health Fairview ordered up this stationary but I got it in the mail this month.

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3 years

I'm just gonna come right out and say it ... Minnesota has too many counties, too many legislators and WAY too many legislative committees.

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Bill Draft (not filed yet) by MN Rep. Cedric Frazier, DFL-New Hope, that would ban from licensing any cop who is member of a white supremacist organization.

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3 years

Upset!!! Minnesota doesn't lose a seat in Congress.

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This key phrase from CDC re indoor mask wearing is kinda getting glossed over - "fully vaccinated." That's about 35 percent of U.S.

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5 years

“Ah man. He gets “public safety” and all I get is “fishing”. #mnleg .

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2 years

I can't believe that after 21 months of a campaign we still don't have MN results 18 minutes after polls closed.

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1 year

Minnesota House passes recreational marijuana bill House File 100 by a 71-69 vote - barely bipartisan.

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3 years

One goal for distributing Pfizer vaccine - which needs ultra cold storage - is to Maintain the Cold Chain, said MN state public health.

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1 year

Here is a link to the lawyer letter MinnPost and a coalition of Minnesota news media sent to the House DFL caucus about what we consider unconstitutional actions against me in February and after.

Why we sent a coalition letter expressing concern over the treatment of our reporter Peter Callag...

To guide Minnesotans through the issues and challenges facing our state, reporters must be free from intimidation and threats when they push for answers and hold power to account at the State Capitol.

www.minnpost.com

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3 years

Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn testifying on a bill before MN House Commerce Committee: "Sorry, I'm being attacked by my 15-month old."

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Peter Callaghan

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4 years

If the Minnesota Senate stays 35-32 GOP, as the numbers look like it will, it might be said that never has so much money been spent to less effect since the Bloomberg presidential campaign.

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Peter Callaghan

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3 years

I asked for dash cam video of a Minneapolis Police squad car crash I witnessed. I finally got it, 28 months later.

I witnessed an MPD squad car smash into an SUV. It took 28 months to get the dash cam footage of...

The officer driving the squad car was not directly disciplined for crashing into a Lexus. Or for endangering pedestrians. Instead, he was disciplined for violating three department policies governing...

www.minnpost.com

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4 years

The average age of @MinnPost staff writers is 33.5 years. If I wasn't here it would be 27.8 years. You are welcome.

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5 years

I'm going to do a Minnesota State Fair food review and after each dish just say: "It's fine."

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11 months

The Great Seal of Minnesota, which the same troubling imagery as the flag, produces many awkward moments, like when candidates pose in front of it after filing for office. It will be replaced along with the flag by new commission.

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6 years

Just asked Google Home who won the 1979 NBA championship. It said the Oklahoma Thunder. Google home is dead to me. @sonicsguy @GoogleHomeworld

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1 year

“This is a big deal,” said Luke Breen, the owner of Perennial Cycle in south Minneapolis. “That would lure a ton of people to electric bikes.”

Tax credits of up to $1,500 for e-bikes added to Minnesota Senate transportation budget - MinnPost

The program, which has an overall cap of $2 million, is modeled after similar e-bike incentive programs in Colorado that have been popular among consumers.

www.minnpost.com

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Peter Callaghan

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3 years

A resident of Minneapolis wrote to Sen. David Osmek asking him not to support a bill preempting local ranked choice voting ordinances. His response:

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5 years

It seems there has been some crazy, four-abreast, left-side walking in the Minnesota capital tunnel system and they’re not gonna put up with it.

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3 years

So that meeting last night in Murdock on allowing the white supremacist church - the one where council members turned off cameras and voted anonymously? Pretty much illegal.

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5 years

Not something you see on a governor's official schedule very often... "Governor Walz and Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker will stop by Moorhead Dairy Queen for a one-of-a-kind, hand-dipped Dilly Bar"

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4 years

Sometimes it is hard to notice when something doesn't happen but .... The Minnesota state Senate did not remove any of Gov. Tim Walz's commissioners today.

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3 years

Do any American newspapers have the equivalent of a punchcard for buying a few articles? When I go to a site that I know I will not return to very often, I'm never going to subscribe. I would buy a punchcard that would give me five or so clicks though. #JournalismMatters

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3 months

It makes me so happy that the section with our cannabis coverage is now titled "MinnPot"

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3 years

Near total lack of transparency in MN House and Senate to dump 20-plus omnibus bills yesterday and today with dozens and dozens of provisions inside. Today we find large transpo tax hikes. They'll move out of committees this week and next. Good luck knowing what's being passed.

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6 months

@LauraMcCallumB Maybe that should be the flag too

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3 years

When asked if he would restrict activities around Christmas (likely, yes), MN Gov. Tim Walz says: "I've gone from John Lithgow in "Footloose" to "The Grinch."

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3 years

“We’ll continue to fight for our position because it makes no sense that fare evasion on transit is a misdemeanor punishable by a $180 fine when someone pays $30 for a parking ticket,” said Rep. Frank Hornstein, a Minneapolis DFLer.

Provision to decriminalize Metro Transit fare violations fails to make it into transportation bill...

Moving to civil citations for fare violations and using transit ambassadors for enforcement have been priorities for both the Metropolitan Council and DFLers in the Minnesota House.

www.minnpost.com

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4 years

Was the internet this slow during the 1918 flu pandemic?

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1 year

Just three paragraphs in a lengthy state government omnibus bill gives MN Gov. Tim Walz something he has wanted - a cap on how long the Senate can hold onto commissioner appointments without acting.

Minnesota Legislature votes to force Senate to act on a governor’s commissioner appointments -...

By putting a deadline on when the Senate must confirm a governor’s senior appointees, a Senate controlled by a different party than a governor can no longer hold up confirmations as a threat.

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4 years

MN State Sen. Matt Klein just used the word "panglossian" in reference to those who think the COVID-19 crisis is ebbing. Not often you hear a word for the first time during legislative debate.

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3 years

The amend: "...to prohibit peace officers from affiliating with white supremacist groups, causes, or ideologies or participation in, or active promotion of, an international or domestic extremist group that the (FBI)has determined supports or encourages illegal, violent conduct."

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I had to keep renewing this request because city would say there is nothing yet to disclose and then close the file.

I witnessed an MPD squad car smash into an SUV. It took 28 months to get the dash cam footage of...

The officer driving the squad car was not directly disciplined for crashing into a Lexus. Or for endangering pedestrians. Instead, he was disciplined for violating three department policies governing...

www.minnpost.com

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1 year

One Minnesota? (this is House vote on $300 million for state nursing homes)

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3 years

New Minnesota vax schedule that will be announced later today by Gov. Tim Walz.

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MN 3rd Cong District GOP calls on chair Jennifer Carnahan to resign.

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4 years

Minnesota AG sues big oil companies over climate change.

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1 year

The Minnesota Senate just passed its version of a recreational marijuana bill. Differences with the House must now be worked out in conference committee. The vote was party line 34-33.

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2 years

Took three weeks (actually nearly a year) of asking/complaining, but MN House Speaker Melissa Hortman has allowed newsies back on the floor for first time since pandemic

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3 years

@Stowydad Someone tell the Twins that it is possible to beat New York.

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9 years

@sdut @KateReports Great. Now all those whales will be out of a job. Thanks PETA!

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3 years

Based on the Minnesota vax rollout schedule, I only have to cheat death for three more months. So I have that going for me.

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4 years

Is this the political equivalent of: "Well, I was in the neighborhood so figured I should stop by and say hello."

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2 years

I didn't know first day of session was one that calls for lighting of the huge chandelier ("electrolier") in the Minnesota State Capitol.

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4 years

Nisswa shop. Nearly universal compliance in town.

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5 years

March 1 vs. April 19.

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4 years

From the Minnesota Grocers Association:

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6 years

There is an important difference in the barrage of press conferences that Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow are sponsoring in MN attorney general race. Ellison is attending and taking all questions. Wardlow is absent. #mnag

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