There's a special election Tuesday for an all-important seat in the Minnesota Senate. Democrat Doron Clark faces Republican Abigail Wolters in the Minneapolis-area senate district. The winner will tip majority control in the chamber — which is currently tied 33 to 33.

State Senator Nicole Mitchell's burglary trial has been rescheduled for June 16. Mitchell was arrested in April in her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home. She is alleged to have taken several items that belonged to her late father. The Woodbury Democrat has pleaded not guilty.

And Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara is calling President Donald Trump's pardons of some Jan. 6 rioters a slap in the face to law enforcement.

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