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What's in, what's out and what's next after a busy final day at the Capitol: Minnesota lawmakers adjourned late Sunday after [finalizing a handful of tax and spending measures](, but with little chance theyâd have much to show for three months of work as Gov. Mark Dayton vowed to veto most of their major efforts. Here's what you need to know about [which bills passed, which didn't and what happens now.](
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Divided Supreme Court rules employers can bar worker class-action suits: The Supreme Court says [employers can prohibit their workers from banding together]( to dispute their pay and conditions in the workplace, an important victory for business interests. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday, with the court's conservative members in the majority, that businesses can force employees to individually use arbitration, not the courts, to resolve disputes.
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As Minneapolis touts density, homeowners push back: Economists agree that cities can stabilize the cost of housing by loosening zoning to allow more construction in more places. But few cities have done this since the 1950s, and those who study the economics of housing admit both that prices wonât immediately fall in neighborhoods with new apartments, and that without a regional or even national move to relax single-family zoning laws, the effect of rising density on rents [will be difficult to discern in Minneapolis.](
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Toxic steam cloud caused by lava emerges over ocean near Hawaii: White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as [molten rock from Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean](, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that began more than two weeks ago: A toxic steam cloud.
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Critics take aim at MetroTransit "Birth Control Bus": A Metro Transit bus shrink-wrapped in hot pink is making the rounds this spring and attracting lots of attention, not surprisingly. [But some are noticing it for another reason.](
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1-year-old struck and killed in Maplewood as family members moved vehicles: A 1-year-old walked out of his Maplewood home without his family knowing and was [run over and killed](, authorities said Monday.
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Trump demands Justice Department investigate alleged FBI infiltration of campaign: President Donald Trump said he will "demand" that the Justice Department [investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign](, an extraordinary order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated the investigation into the president could be concluded by September. The New York Times reported over the weekend that Mueller is investigating another Trump Tower meeting in August 2016 in which [Donald Trump Jr. allegedly discussed offers to aid the campaign]( from an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation and an emissary for two Arab princes.
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Dad, son drown while kayaking on northern Minnesota lake: A father and his 4-year-old son drowned over the weekend when their kayak overturned on a northern Minnesota lake, authorities said. [Neither victim was wearing a life jacket.](
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Powerball drawing yields $1M prize in Minnesota: Saturdayâs multistate Powerball drawing yielded a $315 million jackpot winner on the East Coast and [a $1 million not-so-small consolation prize in Minnesota](, state lottery officials announced Monday.
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Justify wins Preakness, but many fans at Pimlico probably missed it: Conditions at the horse-racing track in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday were wet, muddy and extremely foggy, so much so that [it was hard to tell what was going on in NBC's video feed]( at times.
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Why "Fox & Friends" is must-see TV for Trump: Television writer Neal Justin spent four mornings watching Fox Newsâ three-hour block with occasional peeks at âGMA,â NBCâs âTodayâ and CNNâs âNew Day.â The takeaway: [Fox knows exactly what itâs doing]( and is darn good at it.
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Why these Google vets left Silicon Valley for Minnesota: While tech companies in California are building things that change the world, they sometimes don't feel connected to it. [Minnesota is different](, writes Steve Grove.
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Secluded compound on St. Croix River hits the market, tram included: When writer R.D. Zimmerman and architect Lars Peterssen need a getaway from their busy lives in Minneapolis, they drive 40 miles to the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River, then take [a 125-foot tram ride down to their weekend home on the water](.
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Sports roundup
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Trade Karl-Anthony Towns? Let's talk this through. While the notion of a Towns trade is [highly improbable and almost laughable](, the idea that he and the Wolves organization are not in a good place internally is not so laughable.
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Vikings guarantee $316K to undrafted free agents: [Texas cornerback Holton Hill received more money]( than any other undrafted free agent since Mike Zimmer became head coach.
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Native American lacrosse teams kicked out of league amid racial tension: Travis Brave Heart was planning to spend his senior season this spring and summer tuning up to play college lacrosse in the fall. Instead, the 17-year-old standout from Aberdeen, South Dakota, is faced with the prospect of not playing at all. His Lightning Stick Society team was one of [three Native American clubs kicked out of a developmental league]( in North Dakota and South Dakota amid their concerns about racial abuse, leaving players and coaches upset and scrambling to find ways to continue playing a game that originated with their ancestors and means more to them than just competition.
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Quote of the day
“Itâs a little bit messy.” -- [Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka](, R-Nisswa, on a flurry of last-minute activity on the final day of the legislative session.
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Worth a click
Army apologizes after dropping case of ammo through school roof: Students at Parkland Elementary School in El Paso, Texas, had an unexpected three-day weekend after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter accidentally dropped a box of ammunition from an altitude of about 1,000 feet through the roof of the school after classes ended on Thursday, [the El Paso Times reports](. Fortunately, no one was injured.
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Trivia winner
Congratulations to Wilma Frankland! Wilma was randomly selected from among the readers who correctly answered that Lucky Cricket is the name of Andrew Zimmern's planned Chinese restaurant and tiki bar in St. Louis Park. She wins a Star Tribune travel mug. Be sure to check back Friday for another trivia question!
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From the archives
May 21, 1977: Dennis Agajanian, a self-described Christian singer from San Diego, Calif., shouts Bible verses at protesters outside an performance by singer and gay rights opponent Anita Bryant at the opening of a Bergin Fruit & Nut Co. warehouse in Minneapolis. Bryant was appearing as a brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission. (Photo: Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune)
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