The State Emblems Redesign Commission meets Tuesday with the goal of picking finalists for a new state flag and seal. And Fairview Health Services has notified the University of Minnesota that it does not plan to extend its current partnership.

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Protesters on Monday morning blocked two entrances into the parking lot of a St. Paul office complex that houses Forward Edge ASIC, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. 

And St. Cloud State University receives conditional approval to launch some online undergraduate programs.

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Two Minnesota-grown turkeys will get presidential pardons Monday at the White House. The turkeys are named Liberty and Bell, and come from Willmar from the Jennie-O Turkey Store, a subsidiary of Hormel. A light rail train went off the tracks Saturday in Minneapolis after hitting a concrete barrier.

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The amount raised during the 15th Give to the Max day was only about $100,000 dollars short of the record of $34.3 million, set in 2021.

And two turkeys from Minnesota are on their way to Washington, D.C. for an official pardon.

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The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey meet today in a special session to consider more than $15 million in retention and recruitment bonuses for Minneapolis police officers and recruits. Five Minnesota families who lost loved ones in recent police shootings allege in a new lawsuit the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is illegally withholding information about the investigations.

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The University of Minnesota School of Public Health is launching a new Cannabis Research Center. The center announced Thursday was included in the law signed in May that made Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize adult-use cannabis. 

And Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up last month to 3.2 percent, up slightly from September.

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A federal grand jury has indicted another 13 people in connection with an ongoing crackdown on Minneapolis street gangs. And the Minnesota Board on Aging has more details in its report on a senior nutrition program’s failures and lack of oversight.

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is again trying to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the murder of George Floyd.

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Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig says she had to move and received death threats after she was attacked earlier this year. Police in England have arrested a man in connection with the death of hockey player and Minnesota native Adam Johnson. And state officials want to add 54 lakes, rivers and streams to the list of Minnesota waters impaired by pollution.

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With only a week before they're set to narrow the field of thousands of entries to five, members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission called for help from Minnesota residents.

And several state agencies are asking for public feedback on how to limit future damage if feral pigs or farmed mink are let loose in the wild.

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