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How Walz won Minnesota governor's race against Jensen in charts …
WEBNov 9, 2022 · DFL Gov. Tim Walz beat GOP candidate Scott Jensen in Tuesday’s election by 7.7 percentage points, a smaller margin than his 11.4-point victory in 2018. Nonetheless, it was considered a major ...
What we know about abortions in Minnesota - MinnPost
WEBMay 3, 2022 · The most recent report came out in 2021 and covers 2020. The number of abortions induced in Minnesota has declined dramatically over the years, from more than 19,000 in 1980 to fewer than 10,000 ...
The story behind Minnesota’s weirdly shaped northern border
WEBFeb 4, 2014 · John Mitchell’s 1755 map showed Lake of the Woods as roughly egg-shaped. In 1798, British explorer David Thompson proved that the northernmost source of the Mississippi was south of Lake of the ...
Latest tax collection report reveals the state of Minnesota is pretty ...
WEBJun 11, 2021 · But none of those balances include the news Walz and the Legislature received Thursday, when Minnesota Management and Budget reported that actual tax collections in May were $1.8 billion above the ...
Does Minnesota law have a ‘viability’ threshold limiting abortion?
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The following year, Minnesota lawmakers enacted some restrictions, passing a law that says abortions after a fetus is “potentially viable” must be performed at a hospital, and are limited to ...
Walz spending plan consumes much of Minnesota’s current
WEBJan 27, 2022 · A lot of Walz's proposed spending would be embedded into the state operating budget, obligating the state to spend more in the future to keep those programs in place.
A brief history of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range - MinnPost
WEBMay 26, 2020 · The Mesabi Iron Range’s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. More than two billion years ago, an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred ...
Minnesota agency sued over George Floyd aftermath documents
WEBAug 30, 2024 · A non-profit government transparency organization has filed a lawsuit against a state agency for its alleged failure to produce documents related to the unrest following the murder of George Floyd ...
125 years ago, deadly ‘Children’s Blizzard’ blasted Minnesota
WEBJan 11, 2013 · 125 years ago, deadly ‘Children’s Blizzard’ blasted Minnesota. by Alyssa Ford 01/11/2013. Nobles County native Morton Bassett: "It was a beautiful day for mid-winter and no one even thought ...