The Minnesota Senate’s majority leader is stepping down from the position. DFL Senator Kari Dziedzic said the cancer she battled during last year’s legislative session has returned. At the start of a new session, she plans to step back from leadership once her caucus names her replacement.

And Minnesota's attorney general's office said the state will get $4.5 million dollars from a settlement with a marketing firm over its role in the opioid crisis.

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