MPR News PM Update

Aug. 14, 2024

Warm Wednesday with increasing clouds as scattered showers and thunderstorms expand east from southwest Minnesota across the state overnight Wednesday into early Thursday. Get the latest on Updraft.
From NRA ally to adversary: Gov. Tim Walz track record on guns highlights policy evolution

Few areas illustrate the political evolution of Gov. Tim Walz than guns. He was a top-rated lawmaker by the National Rifle Association early in his congressional career. As governor, he’s enacted gun restrictions and now has gun-owner groups seething.

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With majority-making state Senate race, Minnesota’s priciest legislative campaign could be afoot

A special election for a western suburban state Senate seat that will decide whether Democrats can maintain control of the chamber for another two years, setting the stage for what could become the most expensive legislative race ever.

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🔍 Democrat, Republican experts weigh in on primary election results, look to fall challenges
Attorney and Democratic political analyst Abou Amara and Paul Anderson, a GOP party operative and former Republican state senator who represented Senate District 44 in the Plymouth area, parsed the primary results and what they both expect to be expensive campaigns ahead of Nov. 5.
🗳️ 'We're going to deliver the 7th District for President Trump': Rep. Fischbach on her primary win
Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach won a contentious Republican primary in western Minnesota‘s 7th District Tuesday, holding off a challenge from the right by Steve Boyd.
🚨 4 people seriously injured in Minneapolis apartment fire
Four people were seriously injured and more than two dozen were displaced by a large fire at a Minneapolis apartment building on Tuesday night.
🚑 Vikings J.J. McCarthy’s rookie year with the Minnesota Vikings is over
The former Michigan star quarterback and first-round NFL draft pick will miss the season after undergoing surgery on his right knee, which he injured in his preseason debut last week.
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