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The Hastings City Council unanimously supported a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and increased humanitarian need for the people affected by war there.
The contract includes a 15-year wage scale, a grievance and arbitration procedure, and improvements to health care affordability. It was approved with 84 percent support.
Listen: After more than a decade of lobbying the legislature, three new veterans homes are opening in Minnesota this month. The state is adding 198 beds in each one of them, to care for those who’ve served their country.
The Minnesota Department of Health issued new guidance this week, reducing the threshold for some PFAS’ presence in drinking water, after more research uncovered the harmful “forever chemicals” can cause health problems at a much lower level.