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For MPR and Keillor, ties bound became ties broken

Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public Radio grew up and prospered together in a nearly 50-year relationship that propelled public radio across the nation. It unraveled Wednesday. | In Lake Wobegon country, mixed feelings at Keillor news | Keillor's conduct: What we know and don't know

Many Minnesota homes would benefit from an energy audit

Energy bills are poised to rise as temperatures fall. Minnesotans can ease the financial pain by checking the insulation in their home and looking for ways they can update around the house. And the Minnesota Center for Energy and the Environment wants to help.

Senate GOP hustles to meet tax bill holdouts' demands

Senate Republicans are stepping quickly to meet competing demands of holdout GOP senators for a tax overhaul package expected to add $1 trillion to the nation's deficit over 10 years.

Health care fallout: Fate of 8M low-income children in limbo

The Children's Health Insurance Program provides low-cost coverage to children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. But it has become caught up in a political stalemate over how to fund it.

Automation could displace 800 million workers worldwide by 2030, study says

But in the long term, new technology could create more jobs than it eliminates, a new report says. It says governments and businesses have to prioritize retraining workers for the new economy.

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St. Paul cops to have opioid overdose antidote on hand

St. Paul police officers are learning how to use Narcan, the opioid overdose antidote.

U.S. House OKs bill paving way for mining near Boundary Waters

The measure would reopen land near the Boundary Waters to mineral exploration and, potentially, to new copper-nickel mines on the doorstep of one of the nation's most popular wilderness areas. The vote created unusual political alliances among Minnesota's congressional delegation.

Fact check: Trump's pledge to restore 'Merry Christmas' to the White House

President Trump will take part in his first National Tree Lighting Ceremony Thursday. Trump has pledged to ditch political correctness and bring back Christmas, but did it ever leave the White House?

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