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Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate have unveiled a tax bill they say will benefit all Minnesota taxpayers and provide tax cuts to half of them.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The art of the coronation has taken something of a beating at the Republican National Convention. Nevertheless, Donald Trump now has the crown - and a final chance to summon unity from the party's restive ranks.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In one of the presidential campaign year's more grisly spectacles, demonstrators at a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, injuring several, and toppled trash cans and barricades.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new statewide poll finds Democrat Hillary Clinton holding a big lead over Republican Donald Trump among Minnesota voters.

CHICAGO (AP) -- When he sentenced Dennis Hastert to more than a year in prison, the judge in the former House speaker's hush-money case delivered the verbal equivalent of a public flogging.

BORDEN, Ind. (AP) — Declaring the Republican presidential contest at "a fork in the road," Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance Monday as the party's best chance to stop Donald Trump.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A former Rochester state lawmaker has decided to run for his seat again after a 10 year retirement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton emerged from New York's presidential primary closer to clinching the Democratic nomination while Republican Donald Trump strengthened his own path to the general election with a commanding victory, but has little room for error in the states ahead.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House want to recruit a new, more diverse pool of teachers and fund early childhood learning and literacy programs.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich is planning a fundraising trip to Minnesota.

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential primary leader Donald Trump says he will consider paying the legal fees of a North Carolina man captured on video sucker-punching a protester at one of the billionaire's signature mass rallies.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Thursday that the prospects for a safe future are "greatly diminished" if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president.

Undated(KROC AM News) -  It was a good night for Minnesota’s two major political parties as both report huge turnout for their Super Tuesday precinct caucuses.