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Morning Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>Flurry of Bills Pass in Last Hour of Legislative Session (St. Paul, MN) -- The 2026 legislative session ended with a flurry of bills in the final hour. State lawmakers were able to agree on a 1.2 billion-dollar bonding bill, and 205 million dollars to keep H-C-M-C running and 500 million for other hospitals statewide. The Health and Human Services package included ten million dollars in...

Midday Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>Nursing Homes and Children (St. Paul, MN) -- A major Minnesota commerce package is now headed to Governor Tim Walz after lawmakers approved measures ranging from expanded meat raffle limits to new restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance claim denials. But one emotional proposal was left behind before the legislative deadline. DFL Senator Liz Boldon pushed...

Afternoon Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>ICE Officer Charged in MPLS Shooting (Minneapolis, MN) -- A federal immigration agent is now the subject of a nationwide arrest warrant after prosecutors in Hennepin County accused him of shooting a Venezuelan man during a January enforcement operation in north Minneapolis and then misleading investigators about what happened. Christian Castro faces multiple felony assault charges, along...

Afternoon Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>ICE Officer Charged in MPLS Shooting (Minneapolis, MN) -- A federal immigration agent is now the subject of a nationwide arrest warrant after prosecutors in Hennepin County accused him of shooting a Venezuelan man during a January enforcement operation in north Minneapolis and then misleading investigators about what happened. Christian Castro faces multiple felony assault charges, along...

Midday Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>Nursing Homes and Children (St. Paul, MN) -- A major Minnesota commerce package is now headed to Governor Tim Walz after lawmakers approved measures ranging from expanded meat raffle limits to new restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance claim denials. But one emotional proposal was left behind before the legislative deadline. DFL Senator Liz Boldon pushed...

Morning Headlines – May 18th, 2026

>>Flurry of Bills Pass in Last Hour of Legislative Session (St. Paul, MN) -- The 2026 legislative session ended with a flurry of bills in the final hour. State lawmakers were able to agree on a 1.2 billion-dollar bonding bill, and 205 million dollars to keep H-C-M-C running and 500 million for other hospitals statewide. The Health and Human Services package included ten million dollars in...