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Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) called on a Republican colleague to refrain from using the word "illegal" during a committee hearing, citing his own experience surviving a shooting. Hoffman stated that such language "dehumanizes an individual" and contributed to the violence he survived after being shot nine times during a...

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WATCH: Republicans say Democrats in the Minnesota House gutted an anti-fraud bill to create an Office of the Inspector General after a year of bipartisan work on it. Sen. Steve Drazkowski says Gov. Tim Walz called a Democratic senator during a committee meeting and tried to get her to kill the bill.

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