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Lawmakers wrap up session: Taxes up on cigarettes, top earners; wage hike fizzles

ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers worked right up to the end Monday before adjourning a session that produced $2.1 billion in tax hikes and a ... Read more | Add your comment

51 killed — including 20 children — in Oklahoma tornado

MOORE, Okla. — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts ... Read more | Add your comment

Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place

So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what? If you won Saturday's historic Powerball jackpot and you haven't already done so, sign ... Read more | Add your comment

Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area. Read more | Add your comment

Minn. bill scooping up $2.1B in new taxes advances

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the first time in five years, state taxes in Minnesota are headed up. But only on certain people and entities. ... Read more | Add your comment

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  2. Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration  | Add your comment
  3. Official: 2nd person killed by Oklahoma tornado  | Add your comment
  4. Drama expected in last hours of legislative session  | Add your comment
  5. Walz continues push for transparency  | Add your comment
  6. Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets  | Add your comment
  7. State House defeats construction projects bill  | Add your comment
  8. With time short, Minn. lawmakers meet over weekend  | Add your comment
  9. Local child care providers watch bill closely  | Add your comment
  10. South Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters  | Add your comment
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