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Capitol Retort: PolyMet drama, ‘front and center,’ going bananas

Kevin Featherly August 14, 2019

PolyMet plans to repurpose former LTV Steel processing facilities on property the company now owns in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. (Submitted photo)

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Capitol Retort: Losing interest, Dem-olition, Gopher State wine

Kevin Featherly August 7, 2019

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Capitol Retort: Mueller reviewed, federal executions, Bde Maka Ska

Kevin Featherly August 1, 2019

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller returns from a short break July 24 while testifying before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference. (AP photo)

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Capitol Retort: DHS in chaos, Trump v. Omar, Twins limp

Kevin Featherly July 24, 2019

The governor’s office announced Human Services Commissioner Tony Lourey’s resignation July 15, without explanation.

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Capitol Retort: Hemp hit, reform hopes, outsized prejudice

Kevin Featherly July 17, 2019

Industrial hemp has commercial uses, including its oil for health and beauty products and hemp fiber for building materials. (AP file photo)

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Capitol Retort: E-fumbling, facial challenge, Alexa’s listening

Kevin Featherly July 10, 2019

An officer watches as immigrants who entered the United States illegally are deported on a flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston on Nov. 16, 2018. (AP file photo)

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Capitol Retort: Not from Norway, SCOTUS picks Flowers, flip-flops

Kevin Featherly June 27, 2019

Attorney Sheri Johnson leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 20 after challenging a Mississippi prosecutor's decision to keep African Americans off the jury in the trial of Curtis Flowers. (AP file photo)

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Capitol Retort: Lillehaug well wishes, Wisconsin ruling, cheesy insult

Kevin Featherly June 20, 2019

Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice and former U.S. Attorney David Lillehaug said he’ll retire next year because of Parkinson’s disease. (AP file photo via Star Tribune)

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Capitol Retort: Troika’s decrees, voter reaction, Mueller speaks

Kevin Featherly June 5, 2019

Gov. Tim Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka arrive for a news conference to announce a budget deal May 19, 2019 in St. Paul. (AP photo: Star Tribune)

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Capitol Retort: Not so special; in v. out; the great unwinding

Kevin Featherly May 29, 2019

The view from the Capitol on May 25, about four hours before the 21-hour special session came to an end at 6:57 a.m. Saturday. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

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