Free school lunch, paid sick leave and other DFL priorities approach finish line at Capitol, and Northern Spark is going dark. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

The bill would also extend the right to reproductive health options such as birth control and family planning and would bar local governments from enacting policies that infringe on those rights. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara is condemning the actions of five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers charged Thursday with murder in the killing of Tyre Nichols.  

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Charging documents alleged Hill and Cody Fohrenkam passed close to one another on a sidewalk in February 2022, possibly close enough to brush shoulders, before Fohrenkam shot. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

The Biden administration has imposed a 20-year mining ban on about 225,000 acres of federal land near the Boundary Waters. The decision places about 350 square miles of federal land within the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness off-limits from future mining exploration and development. 

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Starting at 9 p.m. Thursday, parking will not be allowed on the even side of streets that are non-snow emergency routes. The rules are set to remain in place until April 1. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

A White Bear Lake police officer is in stable condition at a hospital this afternoon after being shot three times while trying to arrest a man last night.

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Gov. Tim Walz presented the last piece of his $65.2 billion state spending plan Tuesday, including sending back part of the state’s budget surplus to taxpayers and reducing, but not eliminating, the tax on Social Security income. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

A majority of full time Hamline University faculty voted Tuesday to ask the school's president to resign.

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The U's Board of Regents had approved the arrangement. Critics, including some lawmakers, said it would have been a conflict of interest because of Securian Financial's contracts with the university. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.