Daily Digest: Post-turkey update
Good morning, and welcome to Monday after a long Thanksgiving weekend. I hope you had a good one. Let's take a look at some Digest items you may have missed while you were digesting.
1. Hennepin County prosecutors are expected to make a decision today on charges in the shooting of five people last week near Black Lives Matter protests in north Minneapolis. (MPR News)
2. The events of the past few weeks in have Minnesota Democrats wanting to add measures to address racial disparities to a special legislative session agenda that would also include unemployment benefits for Iron Range workers. But the disparity issue may be too much to pack into a one day special session. (AP via MPR News)
3. Special session or not, these are tough times on the Iron Range. (Star Tribune)
4. "A pretty poorly adjusted guy," is how one person who knows him describes the man suspected of the shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic that killed three people and wounded nine. (New York Times)
5. Abortion rights supporters believe there's a direct connection between the shooting and political rhetoric condemning Planned Parenthood. The Republican presidential candidates deny that. (Washington Post)
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