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The Republican National Convention wraps up in Milwaukee Thursday night with a speech from former President Donald Trump. And the Minneapolis City Council decides Thursday whether to approve a tentative union contract that would make Minneapolis police officers some of the highest paid in the state.

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What will Trump tell the RNC after an attempt on his life?

Minneapolis police contract vote nears; includes large wage increases and department changes

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other Biden-Harris campaign surrogates were in Milwaukee Wednesday to offer a rebuttal to Republican statements at their national convention. In Cohasset, Minn., about one million gallons of coal ash wastewater leaked from a power plant known as the Boswell Energy Center.

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Minnesota's delegation to the Republican National Convention cheered enthusiastically Tuesday night as U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer took the stage. And the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board offered a final contract proposal Tuesday to leaders of the union that represents more than 300 park workers. The Minneapolis City Council, meanwhile, has passed a resolution expressing solidarity with park workers.

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Minnesota’s Tom Emmer says Trump, GOP wins would allow Congress to ‘put America first’

Minneapolis City Council passes resolution in favor of striking park workers

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Minnesota's two Democratic U.S. senators say a colleague should resign following a federal corruption conviction.

And at Day One of the Republican National Convention yesterday, former President Donald Trump named Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate.

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Minnesota delegates to the Republican National Convention joined in the unanimous roll-call vote Monday to nominate Donald Trump for president. And as of Tuesday morning, the Minneapolis park workers continued to strike after negotiations Monday.

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Trump enters Republican convention with a bandage covering his right ear after assassination attempt

Minneapolis park workers strike continues, raising concerns about storm cleanup

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The Republican National Convention started today in Milwaukee. Reporter Mark Zdechlik spoke with some members of Minnesota delegation as they prepared for a bus ride to the area which is several miles from their hotel.

And Xcel Energy officials say power should be fully restored by the end of the day today.

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Members of Minnesota's delegation to this week's Republican National Convention in Wisconsin are coming to terms with the assassination attempt of former President, and current standard barer, Donald Trump.

Union leaders and the Minneapolis Park Board will be at the bargaining table Monday in hopes of agreeing to a new contract for more than 300 workers.

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Republican convention opens after Trump assassination attempt; Minnesota delegate says 'it gave me chills'

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The heat and humidity will keep building in Minnesota through the weekend.

And the state DNR is proposing to sell 80,000 acres of lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the U.S. Forest Service. DNR officials say proceeds from the sale will benefit public education in the state.

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The state trooper charged with killing a woman during a high-speed chase in May had been suspended twice previously for crashing his squad car and received written reprimands for two other crashes. And the Stearns County sheriff says advanced DNA technology helped track down the parents of a newborn baby whose remains were found in a roadside ditch more than 40 years ago.

A strike by Minneapolis park workers continues. A week-long walkout was supposed to end Thursday, but workers say they have not been offered a fair contract and they will continue to stay off the job.

And the Hennepin County Attorney's Office has charged some two dozen people with felony rioting for allegedly shooting fireworks at others — including police — on July Fourth.

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