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In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz <[link removed]>

The governor’s ties to the Mayo Clinic raise questions about the world-renowned hospital’s potential influence on federal health care reform.

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An 11-year-old denied making a threat and was allowed to return to school. Tennessee police arrested him anyway. <[link removed]>

One moment, 11-year-old Junior was enjoying a family birthday at a restaurant in Chattanooga. The next, he was being handcuffed and forced into a police car. The officer cited a new state law making threats of mass violence at school a felony.

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WPLN’s Paige Pfleger and I have been investigating the consequences of this felony law <[link removed]> for children and their families in Tennessee. Police do not have to find a threat to be credible to arrest students. But in a confusing contradiction, state law says schools can only expel kids if they find their threats are “valid.”

So students are being arrested for statements that wouldn’t even get them expelled.

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