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The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase.

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The Minnesota Legislature is meeting over the weekend as the clock counts down on the regular session.

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The Ramsey County medical examiner's office has identified a body recovered from a Beltrami County lake as that of a missing man.

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The Minnesota House has defeated an $800 million construction projects bill that failed to win a needed super-majority. The bill is a rare area where Republican held veto power. Because it involves long-term state debt, it required 81 votes to pass.

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North Dakota is promoting its business climate at Minnesota's expense, and some politicians are not happy about it. The Greater North Dakota Chamber has created billboards that mock proposals in the Minnesota Legislature, including bills that would raise certain taxes.

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The automatic budget cuts that grounded the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are taking a toll on performers, air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators.

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Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.

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The Ramsey County medical examiner will identify the body recovered from a Beltrami County lake and determine a cause of death. The only active missing person case in Beltrami County is Matt Pulis, who disappeared last October. Police declined to say whether the body could be Pulis.

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Police chiefs in Minnesota are strategizing on how best to deal with a tight supply of ammunition. Buffalo Police Chief Mitch Weinzetl orders ammunition months in advance, knowing it could take a while for his shipment.

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Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree pest. Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of many trees and shrubs.

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