4 ways Minnesota's marijuana legalization bill has changed

Plus: Top safety from northern Minnesota picks U over six other Big Ten offers ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - 4 ways Minnesota's marijuana legalization bill has changed: Minnesota could legalize recreational marijuana in the next month. A Democrat-led recreational marijuana bill has cleared a gauntlet of committees, setting it up for a vote by the DFL-controlled state Legislature. Here's a look at how the legislation has changed during the committee process. [Read more.]( - Resentencing in 2008 murder case moved after Moriarty's office cites conflict: Citing Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty's personal conflict of interest, her office has removed itself from the resentencing of a man convicted as a teenager in connection with the brutal slaying of a mother and her young son 15 years ago. [Read more.]( - Armed retired firefighter attacked, hurled racial slur at former Gophers running back, charges say: A former Minnesota Gophers football star was called a racial slur during a daylight attack by a white man who fired a gun in a south Minneapolis alley, the confrontation ending only after police persuaded the suspect to drop his weapons and he was arrested, according to charges. [Read more.]( - Mankato police in standoff with man charged with taking son, 2, from mother's home: Law enforcement was outside a Mankato apartment building and in a standoff Wednesday following gunfire from a man charged with abducting his toddler son from the mother's home nearly a month ago. [Read more.]( - Fox News, Dominion reach $787M settlement over false election claims: Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company's lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Woody Harrelson confirms Matthew McConaughey's revelation that they could be half-brothers: During an appearance Tuesday on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Harrelson said "there is some veracity" to the possibility that the "True Detective" co-stars may actually share a father. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING 10 concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week: Highlights include Bikini Kill, Lizzy McAlpine, Luther Vandross, Lewis Capaldi and Chase & Ovation. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Top safety from northern Minnesota picks U over six other Big Ten offers: Four-star safety Koi Perich, 6-1 and 195 pounds, is the second-ranked player in Minnesota and the 28th-ranked safety nationally in the 2024 recruiting class by 247Sports.com. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK My transplanted heart and I will die soon: "Organ transplantation is mired in stagnant science and antiquated, imprecise medicine that fails patients and organ donors. And I understand the irony of an incredibly successful and fortunate two-time heart transplant recipient making this case, but my longevity also provides me with a unique vantage point. Standing on the edge of death now, I feel compelled to use my experience in the transplant trenches to illuminate and challenge the status quo," writes Amy Silverstein in the New York Times. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES April 19, 2021: Members of multiple Native American tribes performed a powwow and healing ceremony outside M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital for the 18th birthday of David Northbird Jr., a patient battling cancer. Here, Northbird's older sister Julia Pacheco placed the last few letters of a "Happy Birthday" sign on the hospital's front lawn. (Photo: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](